The border warden at Yi requested to be introduced to the Master, saying,
仪封人请见，曰：
"When men of superior virtue have come to this, I have never been denied the privilege of seeing them."
“君子之至于斯也，吾未尝不得见也。”
The followers of the sage introduced him, and when he came out from the interview, he said,
从者见之。出曰：
"My friends, why are you distressed by your master's loss of office?
“二三子何患于丧乎？

The kingdom has long been without the principles of truth and right;
天下之无道也久矣，
Heaven is going to use your master as a bell with its wooden tongue."
天将以夫子为木铎。”
The Master said of the Shao that it was perfectly beautiful and also perfectly good.
子谓《韶》：“尽美矣，又尽善也。”
He said of the Wu that it was perfectly beautiful but not perfectly good.
谓《武》：“尽美矣，未尽善也。”
The Master said, "High station filled without indulgent generosity; ceremonies performed without reverence;
子曰：“居上不宽，为礼不敬，
mourning conducted without sorrow; wherewith should I contemplate such ways?"
临丧不哀，吾何以观之哉？”