King Zhao of Chu68 summoned Kongzi to his court with the intention of putting him in charge of state affairs and providing him with a sevenhundred-hamlet fief.
今以孔子之賢，而有書社七百里之地，而三子佐之，非楚之利也。
」楚王遂止。
夫善惡之難分也，聖人獨見疑，而況於賢者乎？
是以賢聖罕合，諂諛常興也。
故有千歲之亂，而無百歲之治。
孔子之見疑，豈不痛哉！
Eric Henry
Zixi69 said to the Chu king, “Are there any among Your Majesty’s officers as skilled in the use of troops as Zilu?