学而第一 温良恭俭让

曾子曰:“慎终追远,民德归厚矣。
A disciple of Confucius remarked, By cultivating respect for the dead, and carrying the memory back to the distant past, the moral feeling of the people will waken and grow in depth.”

子禽问于子贡曰:“夫子至于是邦也,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?
A man once asked a disciple of Confucius, saying,

"How was it that whenever the Master came into a country he was always informed of the actual state and policy of its government?

Did he seek for the information or was it given to him The Master, "replied the disciple, "was gracious, simple, earnest, modest and courteous: therefore he could obtain what information he wanted.

The Master's way of obtaining information-well, it was different from other people's ways.”