簡子曰:「何其久也?
」黯曰:「謀利而得害,由不察也。
The mission was to take one month, but six months passed before he returned.
今蘧伯玉為相,史鰌佐焉,孔子為客,子貢使令於君前甚聽。
“Why did it take so long?” asked Jianzi.
易曰:『浼其群,元吉。
』浼者,賢也;群者,眾也;元者,吉之始也。
“When one wishes to gain an advantage and suffers injury instead,” said An, “it is because one’s investigations have not been thorough enough.
『浼其群元吉者』,其佐多賢矣。
」簡子按兵而不動耳。
Qu Boyu83 is currently prime minister of Wei, and he is assisted by Chief Archivist Qiu.