The Valued Gift: A Bow for Sacred Flesh, Not for Carriages

For a friend’s gift, even of carriages and horses, he did not bow. He only bowed for sacrificial meat.

When a friend sent him a present, though it might be a carriage and horses, he did not bow. The only present for which he bowed was that of the flesh of sacrifice.

朋友之馈,虽车马,非祭肉,不拜。

Source: The Analects, Xiang Dang X, Chapter 15

Author: The Compilers

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