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The Master said, "Abroad, to serve the high ministers and nobles; at home, to serve one's father and elder brothers;
子曰：“出则事公卿，入则事父兄，
in all duties to the dead, not to dare not to exert one's self; and not to be overcome of wine: which one of these things do I attain to?"
丧事不敢不勉，不为酒困，何有于我哉？”
The Master standing by a stream, said, "It passes on just like this, not ceasing day or night!"
子在川上曰：“逝者如斯夫！不舍昼夜。”
The Master said, "I have not seen one who loves virtue as he loves beauty."
子曰：“吾未见好德如好色者也。”
The Master said, "The prosecution of learning may be compared to what may happen in raising a mound.
子曰：“譬如为山，
If there want but one basket of earth to complete the work, and I stop, the stopping is my own work.
未成一篑，止，吾止也；
It may be compared to throwing down the earth on the level ground.
譬如平地，
Though but one basketful is thrown at a time, the advancing with it my own going forward."
虽覆一篑，进，吾往也。”
The Master said, "Never flagging when I set forth anything to him; ah! that is Hui."
子曰：“语之而不惰者，其回也与！”
The Master said of Yen Yuan, "Alas! I saw his constant advance. I never saw him stop in his progress."
子谓颜渊，曰：“惜乎！吾见其进也，未见其止也。”
The Master said, "There are cases in which the blade springs, but the plant does not go on to flower!
子曰：“苗而不秀者有矣夫，
There are cases where it flowers but fruit is not subsequently produced!"
秀而不实者有矣夫。”
