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子贡曰：“贫而无谄，富而无骄，何如？”
子曰：“可也。未若贫而乐，富而好礼者也。”
子贡曰：“《诗》［1］云：‘如切如磋，如琢
如 磨。’ 其 斯 之 谓 与？” 子 曰：“ 赐 也， 始
可与言《诗》已矣！告诸往而知来者。”
Tsze-kung said, “What do you pronounce
concerning the poor man who yet does not flatter,
and die rich man who is not proud?” The Master
replied, “They will do; but they are not equal to him,
who, though poor, is yet cheerful, and to him, who,
though rich, loves the rules of propriety.” Tsze-kung
replied, “It is said in the Book of Poetry, ‘As you cut
and then file, as you carve and then polish.’ The
meaning is the same, I apprehend, as that which you
have just expressed.” The Master said, “With one
like Tsze, I can begin to talk about the odes. I told
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