On another occasion, when his pupil Zigong boasted “What I do not want others to do to me, I also do not want to do to them, ” the teacher responded with this sobering rejoinder,“ Yes, but this you are not yet able to do. ”
Un, kad viņa māceklis Dzigongs lepojās: ” Es negribu citiem darīt to, ko es negribu, lai citi darītu man, ” — Konfūcijs tam reālistiski atbildēja: ” Jā, bet tu vēl nespēj tā rīkoties. ”