」師曠曰：「暮何不炳燭乎？
“I want to study, but I fear that dusk is coming on.” “When dusk comes, why not light a candle?” replied Kuang.
」平公曰：「安有為人臣而戯其君乎？
“How can one who serves another make sport of his lord?” protested Lord Ping.
」 師曠曰：「盲臣安敢戯其君乎？
“How could your blind servant dare make sport of you, sir?” said Kuang.
臣聞之，少而好學，如日出之陽；壯而好學，如日中之光；老而好學，如炳燭之明。
“I have heard that fondness of study in childhood is like the light of the newly risen sun; fondness of study in early manhood is like the light of the sun at noon; and fondness of study in old age is like the light that comes from a candle.
炳燭之明，孰與昧行乎？
With light from a candle, who would choose to walk in darkness?” “Well put!” said Lord Ping.
」平公曰：「善哉。」
Gonghuzi 公扈子: scattered references in various texts attest to the existence in early times of a Gonghu clan, but this figure is elsewhere unknown.