
Abroad, to serve the high ministers and nobles; at home, to serve one’s father and elder brothers; in all duties to the dead, not to dare not to exert one’s self; and not to be overcome of wine – which one of these things do I attain to?
出则事公卿,入则事父兄,丧事不敢不勉,不为酒困,何有于我哉?
Source: The Analects, Zi Han IX, Chapter 16
Author: Confucius




