Tsze-hwâ being employed on a mission to Ch’î, the disciple Zan requested grain for his mother. The Master said, “Give her a fû .” Yen requested more. “Give her an yü ,” said the Master. Yen gave her five ping .
The Master said, “When Ch’ih was proceeding to Ch’î, he had fat horses to his carriage, and wore light furs. I have heard that a superior man helps the distressed, but does not add to the wealth of the rich.”
Yüan Sze being made governor of his town by the Master, he gave him nine hundred measures of grain, but Sze declined them.
The Master said, “Do not decline them. May you not give them away in the neighborhoods, hamlets, towns, and villages?”