【原文】

季康子患盜，向於孔子。孔子對曰：〝苟子之不欲，雖賞之不竊。〞

【參考譯文】

季康子擔憂盜賊太多，向孔子請教。孔子回答說：〝如果您不貪求太多的財貨，就是奬勵盜竊，也沒人會去偷盜的。〞

【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. "