| Five Hundred Years: |
In the past Qi and Lu had great ministers, but history has lost their names.
Someone said: Why were they great?
Yangzi said: Shusun Tong wanted to formulate new ceremonies for rulers and ministers, and recruited ru from Qi and Lu. There were two men that he could not lure.
The other said: If this is so, then was it wrong for Confucius to travel around in search for employment by the feudal lords?
Yangzi said: Confucius traveled around and searched, but he did so in order to employ himself. If he had given up on himself and followed others, then even though he had compass and square, level and marking line, how could he have been able to use them? |
