The Master said, 'Tsang Wu-chung, keeping possession of Fang, asked of the duke of Lu to appoint a successor to him in his family. Although it may be said that…
1The Master said, 'Tsang Wu-chung, keeping possession of Fang, asked of the duke of Lu to appoint a successor to him in his family. Although it may be said that he was not using force with his sovereign, I believe he was.'
The notes printed with this passage in Chinese editions, kept in Chinese, for readers who come to the text that way.
防：地名，武仲封邑，在今山东费县东北六十里。
要：要挟。