When Bo Qin and Kang-shu Feng came to present themselves before King Cheng, they went three times to see the Duke of Zhou and were given a whipping each time.
」商子曰:「二子盍相與觀乎南山之陰,有木焉名曰梓。
」二子者往觀乎南山之陰,見梓勃焉實而俯。
反以告商子,商子曰:「梓者子道也。
」二子者明日見乎周公,入門而趨,登堂而跪。
周公拂其首,43勞而食之,曰:「安見君子?
」二子對曰:「見商子。
」周公曰:「君子哉商子也!」
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Kang-shu, looking fearful, said to Bo Qin, “There is a man known as Shangzi—he is a worthy man.