子路曰:「不能甘勤苦,不能恬貧窮,不能輕死亡,而曰我能行義,吾不信也。
」昔者申包胥立於秦庭,七日七夜,哭不絕聲,遂以存楚,不能勤苦。
不能勤苦,安能行此?
曾子布衣缊袍未得完,糟糠之食、藜藿之羹,未得飽,義不合則辭上卿。
不恬貧窮,安能行此?
比干將死而諫逾忠,伯夷、叔齊餓死於首陽而志逾彰。
不輕死亡,安能行此?
Zilu once said, “If a person cannot willingly embrace heavy tasks, cannot be content with poverty and hardship, and cannot hold death in contempt, then I shall not believe him if he still says, ‘I am able to act righteously.