原文
子禽问于子贡曰：“夫子至于是邦也，必闻其政。求之与？抑与之与？”子贡曰：“夫子温、良、恭、俭、让以得之。夫子之求之也，其诸异乎人之求之与！”
英译
Tzu-Ch'in asked Tzu Kung, "Always did our teacher come to know the politics of a country when he paid a visit to it. Did he seek it out by himself, or he was told without an exploration?" Tzu Kung replied, "Our teacher got such knowledge via his gentleness, savoir-vivre, submissiveness, abstention and humility. Aren't there great differences among our teacher's way to seek and others'?"