Book 6, Passage 6.5

Yuan Sze being made governor of his town by the Master, he gave him nine hundred measures of grain, but Sze declined them.

原思为之宰，与之粟九百，辞。子曰：“毋以与尔邻里乡党乎！”

All 30 passages in Book 65 of 30

2 sentences · 2 notes

原yuán思sī为wéi之zhī宰zǎi，与yǔ之zhī粟sù九jiǔ百bǎi，辞cí。子zǐ曰yuē：“毋wú以yǐ与yǔ尔ěr邻lín里lǐ乡xiāng党dǎng乎hū！”

1Yuan Sze being made governor of his town by the Master, he gave him nine hundred measures of grain, but Sze declined them.

2The Master said, 'Do not decline them. May you not give them away in the neighborhoods, hamlets, towns, and villages?'

Chinese commentary · 2 notes

The notes printed with this passage in Chinese editions, kept in Chinese, for readers who come to the text that way.

原思：姓原，名宪，字子思，孔子的学生。宰：家宰，管家。

邻里乡党：古代地方单位的名称。五家为邻，二十五家为里，一万二千五百家为乡，五百家为党。