【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. "