1The Master said, 'The object of the superior man is truth. Food is not his object. There is plowing;-- even in that there is sometimes want. So with learning;-- emolument may be found in it. The superior man is anxious lest he should not get truth; he is not anxious lest poverty should come upon him.'
Book 15, Passage 15.32
The Master said, 'The object of the superior man is truth. Food is not his object. There is plowing;-- even in that there is sometimes want. So with learning;--…
子曰“君子谋道不谋食。耕也，馁在其中矣。学也，禄在其中矣。”…
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馁：饥饿。