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子 曰：“ 雍［1］ 也， 可 使 南 面［2］。” 仲
弓问子桑伯子［3］。子曰：“可也简。” 仲
弓曰：“居敬而行简，以临其民，不亦可乎？
居简而行简，无乃大简乎？”子曰：“雍之
言然。”
The Master said, “ There is Yung! — He might
occupy the place of a prince. ” Chung-kung asked
about Tsze-sang Po-tsze. The Master said, “He may
pass. He does not mind small matters.” Chung-kung
said, “If a man cherish in himself a reverential feeling
of the necessity of attention to business, though he
may be easy in small matters in his government of
the people, that may be allowed. But if he cherish
in himself that easy feeling, and also carry it out in
his practice, is not such an easy mode of procedure
excessive?” The Master said, “Yung’s words are
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