Meng Zhi Fan does not boast of his merit. Being in the rear on an occasion of flight, when they were about to enter the gate, he whipped up his horse, saying, ‘It is not that I dare to be last. My horse would not advance.’
孟之反不伐，奔而殿。将入门，策其马，曰：非敢后也，马不进也。
Source: The Analects, Yong Ye VI, Chapter 15
Author: Confucius
