Analects 11.22 — Tsze-lu asked whether he should immediately…

子zǐ路lù问wèn：“闻wén斯sī行xíng诸zhū？”子zǐ曰yuē：“有yǒu父fù兄xiōng在zài，如rú之zhī何hé其qí闻wén斯sī行xíng之zhī？”冉rǎn有yǒu问wèn：“闻wén斯sī行xíng诸zhū？”子zǐ曰yuē：“闻wén斯sī行xíng之zhī。”公gōng西xī华huá曰yuē：“由yóu也yě问wèn：“闻wén斯sī行xíng诸zhū？”子zǐ曰yuē：‘有yǒu父fù兄xiōng在zài’；求qiú也yě问wèn：‘闻wén斯sī行xíng诸zhū’。子zǐ曰yuē‘闻wén斯sī行xíng之zhī’。赤chì也yě惑huò，敢gǎn问wèn。”子zǐ曰yuē：“求qiú也yě退tuì，故gù进jìn之zhī；由yóu也yě兼jiān人rén，故gù退tuì之zhī。”

1Tsze-lu asked whether he should immediately carry into practice what he heard. The Master said, 'There are your father and elder brothers to be consulted;-- why should you act on that principle of immediately carrying into practice what you hear?' Zan Yu asked the same, whether he should immediately carry into practice what he heard, and the Master answered, 'Immediately carry into practice what you hear.' Kung-hsi Hwa said, 'Yu asked whether he should carry immediately into practice what he heard, and you said, "There are your father and elder brothers to be consulted." Ch'iu asked whether he should immediately carry into practice what he heard, and you said, "Carry it immediately into practice." I, Ch'ih, am perplexed, and venture to ask you for an explanation.' The Master said, 'Ch'iu is retiring and slow; therefore, I urged him forward. Yu has more than his own share of energy; therefore I kept him back.'

Book 11, Passage 11.22