Book 17: 《陽貨》 Yang Huo
《陽貨》 Passage 17.5
公山弗擾以費畔，召，子欲往。子路不說，曰：「末之也已，何必公山氏之之也。」子曰：「夫召我者而豈徒哉？如有用我者，吾其為東周乎？」
Legge Translation (1861)
Gongshan Furao, when he was holding Bi, and was in rebellion, sent for the Master, who was inclined to go.Zilu was displeased, and said: "Indeed you cannot go! Why must you think of going to see Gongshan?"
The Master said: "Can it be without some reason that he has invited ME? If any one, once more, were to employ me, might I not make an eastern Zhou?"
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