The chief of the Chi family sent to ask Min Tsze- ch'ien to be governor of Pi. Min Tsze-ch'ien said, 'Decline the offer for me politely. If any one come again…
1The chief of the Chi family sent to ask Min Tsze- ch'ien to be governor of Pi. Min Tsze-ch'ien said, 'Decline the offer for me politely. If any one come again to me with a second invitation, I shall be obliged to go and live on the banks of the Wan.'
The notes printed with this passage in Chinese editions, kept in Chinese, for readers who come to the text that way.
闵子骞：孔子的学生，姓闵，名损，字子骞。费：季氏的封邑，在今山东省费县西北。
汶：汶水，即今山东大汶河。汶上，暗指齐国。