Of Nan Yung he said that if the country were well governed he would not be out of office, and if it were ill-governed, he would escape punishment and disgrace.…
1Of Nan Yung he said that if the country were well governed he would not be out of office, and if it were ill-governed, he would escape punishment and disgrace. He gave him the daughter of his own elder brother to wife.
The notes printed with this passage in Chinese editions, kept in Chinese, for readers who come to the text that way.
南容：姓南容，名适，字子容，孔子的高足。
兄之子：孔子的哥哥孔皮，此时已去世，故孔子为侄女主婚。