子張が思惑通りことが運ぶコツを訊ねた。 先生「言葉に真心があり、行動が丁寧であれば、どの国でも上手く行く。 言葉に刺があり、行動が荒々しければ、小さな村でも上手くいかない。 立っている時には、真心と丁寧さがにじみ出るように見え、車で移動中には、車の周 囲にそれらがにじみ出るように見える。そのくらいになって初めて、上手くいくだろ う」 子張はこの言葉をベルトにメモした。 Tsze-chang asked how a man should conduct himself, so as to be everywhere appreciated. The Master said, "Let his words be sincere and truthful and his actions honorable and careful;-such conduct may be practiced among the rude tribes
actions not honorable and carefull will he, with such conduct, be appreciated, even in his neighborhood? "When he is standing, let him see those two things, as it were, fronting him. When he is in a carriage, let him see them attached to the yoke. Then may he subsequently carry them into practice."