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子贡问曰：“何如斯可谓之士［1］矣？”
子曰：“行己有耻，使于四方，不辱君命，
可 谓 士 矣。” 曰：“ 敢 问 其 次。” 曰：“ 宗
族称孝焉，乡党称弟焉。”曰：“敢问其次。”
曰：“言必信，行必果， ? ［2］然小人哉！
抑亦可以为次矣。”曰：“今之从政者何如？”
子曰：“噫！斗筲［3］之人，何足算也？”

Tsze-kung asked, saying, “What qualities must
a man possess to entitle him to be called an officer?”
The Master said, “He who in his conduct of himself
maintains a sense of shame, and when sent to any
quarter will not disgrace his prince’s commission,
deserves to be called an officer.” Tsze-kung pursued,
“I venture to ask who may be placed in the next
lower rank?” And he was told, “He whom the circle
of his relatives pronounce to be filial, whom his

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