Exploring the Analects

Exploring the Analects

Book 6: 《雍也》 Yong Ye (There is Yong)

《雍也》 Passage 6.9

季氏使閔子騫為費宰。閔子騫曰:「善為我辭焉。如有復我者,則吾必在汶上矣。」

Legge Translation (1861)

The chief of the Ji family sent to ask Min Ziqian to be governor of Pi. Min Ziqian said: "Decline the offer for me politely. If any one come again to me with a second invitation, I shall be obliged to go and live on the banks of the Wen."
閔子騫

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