子曰:“莫我知也夫!”子贡曰:“何为其莫知子也?”子曰:“不怨天,不尤人,下学而上达。知我者其天乎!”
1The Master said, 'Alas! there is no one that knows me.'
2Tsze-kung said, 'What do you mean by thus saying-- that no one knows you?' The Master replied, 'I do not murmur against Heaven. I do not grumble against men. My studies lie low, and my penetration rises high. But there is Heaven;-- that knows me!'