【原文】
季康子患盗，向于孔子。孔子对曰：〝苟子之不欲，虽赏之不窃。〞
【參考译文】
季康子担忧盗贼太多，向孔子请教。孔子回答说：〝如果您不贪求太多的财货，就是奬励盗窃，也没人会去偷盗的。〞
【English Translation】
Ji Kang Zi was worried that there were too many thieves and consulted Confucius about it. Confucius replied: "If you had not been greedy and had not accumulated so much wealth, even if a burglar is rewarded to rob you, he wouldn’t do it. "