Curtness and Arrogance世説新語 簡傲第二十四
1Only Ruan Ji sat with his legs stretched out and whistled and sang, steeped in drink and wholly at ease
晉文王功德盛大，坐席嚴敬，擬於王者。唯阮籍在坐，箕踞嘯歌，酣放自若。
King Wen of Jin's merit and virtue were full and great, and his seat was stern and reverent, matching that of one who reigns as king.
Only Ruan Ji, sitting there, stretched out his legs and whistled and sang, steeped in drink and unrestrained, wholly at ease.
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漢晉春秋曰：「文王進爵為王，司徒何曾與朝臣皆盡禮，唯王祥長揖不拜。」
The Hanjin chunqiu says, "When King Wen advanced in rank and became king, He Zeng the Minister over the Masses and the officers of the court all performed the rites in full, and only Wang Xiang made a long bow and did not prostrate himself."
2Only with Gongrong one need not give him wine
王戎弱冠詣阮籍，時劉公榮在坐。阮謂王曰：「偶有二斗美酒，當與君共飲。彼公榮者，無預焉。」二人交觴酬酢，公榮遂不得一桮。而言語談戲，三人無異。或有問之者，阮答曰：「勝公榮者，不得不與飲酒；不如公榮者，不可不與飲酒；唯公榮，可不與飲酒。」
Wang Rong, newly capped at twenty, called on Ruan Ji, and at the time Liu Gongrong was sitting there.
Ruan Ji said to Wang Rong, "It happens that I have two pecks of fine wine, and I shall drink it together with you. That fellow Gongrong has no share in it."
The two men passed the cups back and forth, and Gongrong in the end did not get a single cup. Yet in talking and conversing and jesting the three men were no different.
Someone asked him about it, and Ruan Ji answered, "With a man better than Gongrong, one cannot but drink. With a man not up to Gongrong, one cannot but drink. Only with Gongrong, one need not give him wine."
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晉陽秋曰：「戎年十五，隨父渾在郎舍，阮籍見而說焉。每適渾俄頃，輒在戎室久之。乃謂渾：『濬沖清尚，非卿倫也。』戎嘗詣籍共飲，而劉昶在坐不與焉。昶無恨色。既而戎問籍曰：『彼為誰也？』曰：『劉公榮也。』濬沖曰：『勝公榮，故與酒；不如公榮，不可不與酒；唯公榮者，可不與酒。』」竹林七賢論曰：「初，籍與戎父渾俱為尚書郎，每造渾，坐未安，輒曰：『與卿語，不如與阿戎語。』就戎，必日夕而返。籍長戎二十歲，相得如時輩。劉公榮通士，性尤好酒。籍與戎酬酢終日，而公榮不蒙一桮，三人各自得也。戎為物論所先，皆此類。」
The Jinyang qiu says, "Wang Rong at the age of fifteen was with his father Wang Hun in the lodgings of the gentlemen, and Ruan Ji saw him and was pleased with him. Whenever he came to Wang Hun, after a moment he would be in Wang Rong's room for a long while. So he said to Wang Hun, 'Junchong is pure and lofty. He is not of your sort.' Wang Rong once called on Ruan Ji to drink with him, and Liu Chang was sitting there but did not join them. Liu Chang showed no look of resentment. Presently Wang Rong asked Ruan Ji, 'Who is that man?' He said, 'Liu Gongrong.' Junchong said, 'A man better than Gongrong, one gives him wine of course. A man not up to Gongrong, one cannot but give him wine. Only that fellow Gongrong, one need not give him wine.'" The Zhulin qixian lun says, "At first Ruan Ji and Wang Rong's father Wang Hun were both Gentlemen of the Imperial Secretariat, and whenever he came to Wang Hun, before he was settled in his seat he would say, 'Talking with you is not as good as talking with A Rong.' When he went on to Wang Rong, he always returned only at nightfall. Ruan Ji was twenty years older than Wang Rong, yet they took to each other as though of one generation. Liu Gongrong was an open gentleman and by nature especially fond of wine. Ruan Ji and Wang Rong passed the cups all day long, and Gongrong did not receive a single cup, yet the three men were each content in themselves. Wang Rong's being put first in the talk of the world was all of this kind."
3What did you hear that you came, and what did you see that you go?
鍾士季精有才理，先不識嵇康。鍾要于時賢雋之士，俱往尋康。康方大樹下鍛，向子期為佐鼓排。康揚槌不輟，傍若無人，移時不交一言。鍾起去，康曰：「何所聞而來？何所見而去？」鍾曰：「聞所聞而來，見所見而去。」
Zhong Shiji was finely endowed with talent and reason, but he had not known Ji Kang before.
Zhong Hui invited the worthy and outstanding gentlemen of the time, and they went together to seek out Ji Kang.
Ji Kang was just then forging iron under a great tree, and Xiang Ziqi was helping him by working the bellows.
Ji Kang raised his hammer without stopping, as though no one were beside him, and for a long while they did not exchange a single word.
Zhong Hui rose to leave, and Ji Kang said, "What did you hear that you came? What did you see that you go?"
Zhong Hui said, "I heard what I heard and came. I saw what I saw and go."
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文士傳曰：「康性絕巧，能鍛鐵。家有盛柳樹，乃激水以圜之，夏天甚清涼，恆居其下傲戲，乃身自鍛。家雖貧，有人說鍛者，康不受直。唯親舊以雞酒往與共飲噉，清言而已。」魏氏春秋曰：「鍾會為大將軍兄弟所暱，聞康名而造焉。會名公子，以才能貴幸，乘肥衣輕，賓從如雲。康方箕踞而鍛，會至不為之禮，會深銜之。後因呂安事，而遂譖康焉。」
The Wenshi zhuan says, "Ji Kang was by nature exceedingly deft and could forge iron. At his house there was a luxuriant willow, and he led water around it, so that on summer days it was very cool and clear. He always stayed beneath it, playing at his ease, and forged with his own hands. Though his house was poor, when anyone spoke of the forging Ji Kang would take no payment. Only his kin and old friends came with chicken and wine to drink and eat with him and talk purely, and that was all." The Weishi chunqiu says, "Zhong Hui was held close by the brothers of the Grand General, and hearing Ji Kang's name he went to him. Zhong Hui was a famous noble son, honored and favored for his talent and ability, and he rode fat horses and wore light robes, with guests and followers like clouds. Ji Kang was just then sitting with his legs stretched out, forging, and when Zhong Hui arrived he did not perform the rites for him, and Zhong Hui bore a deep grudge over it. Later, on account of the affair of Lü An, he went on to slander Ji Kang."
4He wrote the graph feng above the gate and went away
嵇康與呂安善，每一相思，千里命駕。安後來，值康不在，喜出戶延之，不入。題門上作「鳳」字而去。喜不覺，猶以為欣，故作「鳳」字，凡鳥也。
Ji Kang was on good terms with Lü An, and each time one longed for the other he would order out his carriage though a thousand li lay between.
Lü An came later, and it happened that Ji Kang was not there.
Ji Xi came out of the door to welcome him, but he would not go in.
He wrote the graph feng (鳳) above the gate and went away.
Ji Xi did not perceive it and was still pleased. But the graph feng had been written on purpose, for it is made of the graphs for a common bird (凡鳥).
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晉陽秋曰：「安字中悌，東平人，冀州刺史招之第二子。志量開曠，有拔俗風氣。」干寶晉紀曰：「初，安之交康也，其相思則率爾命駕。」
The Jinyang qiu says, "Lü An's courtesy name was Zhongti. He was a man of Dongping, the second son of Lü Zhao, Inspector of Jizhou. His will and capacity were open and broad, and he had an air and spirit that rose above the vulgar." Gan Bao's Jin ji says, "At first, when Lü An kept company with Ji Kang, whenever they longed for each other they would order out the carriage on the instant."
晉百官名曰：「嵇喜字公穆，歷揚州刺史，康兄也。阮籍遭喪，往弔之。籍能為青白眼，見凡俗之士，以白眼對之。及喜往，籍不哭，見其白眼，喜不懌而退。康聞之，乃齎酒挾琴而造之，遂相與善。」干寶晉紀曰：「安嘗從康，或遇其行，康兄喜拭席而待之，弗顧，獨坐車中。康母就設酒食，求康兒共與戲。良久則去，其輕貴如此。」
The Jin baiguan ming says, "Ji Xi's courtesy name was Gongmu. He served as Inspector of Yangzhou and was Ji Kang's elder brother. When Ruan Ji was in mourning, Ji Xi went to condole with him. Ruan Ji could make his eyes dark or white, and when he saw a common and vulgar gentleman he met him with the whites of his eyes. When Ji Xi went, Ruan Ji did not wail and showed him the whites of his eyes, and Ji Xi withdrew displeased. Ji Kang heard of it, and so he brought wine and carried a zither and called on him, and thereafter they were on good terms." Gan Bao's Jin ji says, "Lü An once went along with Ji Kang, and when he found that Ji Kang had gone out, Ji Kang's elder brother Ji Xi would wipe the mat and wait for him, but he would not look at him and sat alone in his carriage. Ji Kang's mother would come out and set forth wine and food, and would fetch Ji Kang's child to play with him. After a good while he would go. Such was his slighting of the honored."
許慎說文曰：「鳳，神鳥也。從鳥，凡聲。」
Xu Shen's Shuowen says, "Feng (鳳) is a divine bird. It follows the graph for bird, and fan (凡) is its sound."
5In Eastern Wu there are long-handled gourds. Did you get seed and bring it?
陸士衡初入洛，咨張公所宜詣；劉道真是其一。陸既往，劉尚在哀制中。性嗜酒，禮畢，初無他言，唯問：「東吳有長柄壺盧，卿得種來不？」陸兄弟殊失望，乃悔往。
When Lu Shiheng first entered Luoyang, he asked Lord Zhang whom he ought to call on, and Liu Daozhen was one of them.
Lu Shiheng went, and Liu Daozhen was still in the term of mourning.
He was by nature fond of wine, and when the rites were done he said nothing else at first but only asked, "In Eastern Wu there are long-handled gourds. Did you get seed and bring it?"
The Lu brothers were much disappointed and repented of going.
6He got the young magpies and came down and played with them as though no one were beside him
王平子出為荊州，王太尉及時賢送者傾路。時庭中有大樹，上有鵲巢。平子脫衣巾，徑上樹取鵲子。涼衣拘閡樹枝，便復脫去。得鵲子還，下弄，神色自若，傍若無人。
When Wang Pingzi went out to be Inspector of Jingzhou, Grand Commandant Wang and the worthies of the time who came to see him off filled the road.
At the time there was a great tree in the courtyard, and above it was a magpie's nest.
Pingzi took off his robe and headcloth and climbed straight up the tree to take the young magpies. His thin robe caught and held on the branches, so he stripped that off as well.
He got the young magpies and came back down and played with them, his spirit and expression wholly at ease, as though no one were beside him.
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晉陽秋曰：「惠帝時，太尉王夷甫言於選者，以弟澄為荊州刺史，從弟敦為青州刺史。澄、敦俱詣太尉辭。太尉謂曰：『今王室將卑，故使弟等居齊、楚之地，外可以建霸業，內足以匡帝室，所望於二弟也！』」
The Jinyang qiu says, "In the time of Emperor Hui, Wang Yifu the Grand Commandant spoke to those who made the selections, and had his younger brother Wang Cheng made Inspector of Jingzhou and his cousin Wang Dun made Inspector of Qingzhou. Wang Cheng and Wang Dun went together to the Grand Commandant to take their leave. The Grand Commandant said to them, 'Now the royal house is about to be brought low, and so I have my brothers hold the lands of Qi and Chu. Abroad you may build up a hegemon's work, and at home you have enough to set the imperial house right. This is what I look for from you two brothers.'"
鄧粲晉紀曰：「澄放蕩不拘，時謂之達。」
Deng Can's Jin ji says, "Wang Cheng was loose and unbound, and the age called it breadth of understanding."
7That man is a man of rites and law
高坐道人於丞相坐，恆偃臥其側。見卞令，肅然改容云：「彼是禮法人。」
The monk Gaozuo, at the Chancellor's seat, would always lie sprawled at his side.
When he saw Director Bian, he gravely changed his expression and said, "That man is a man of rites and law."
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高坐傳曰：「王公曾詣和上，和上解帶偃伏，悟言神解。見尚書令卞望之，便斂衿飾容。時歎皆得其所。」
The Gaozuo zhuan says, "Lord Wang once called on the reverend, and the reverend loosened his belt and lay sprawled, yet he caught their talk and understood it in spirit. When he saw Bian Wangzhi, Director of the Imperial Secretariat, he at once drew his lapels together and composed his face. The age sighed that each had been given his due."
8If you had no mad Marshal, how should I ever get to see you?
桓宣武作徐州，時謝奕為晉陵。先粗經虛懷，而乃無異常。及桓還荊州，將西之間，意氣甚篤，奕弗之疑。唯謝虎子婦王悟其旨。每曰：「桓荊州用意殊異，必與晉陵俱西矣！」俄而引奕為司馬。奕既上，猶推布衣交。在溫坐，岸幘嘯詠，無異常日。宣武每曰：「我方外司馬。」遂因酒，轉無朝夕禮。桓舍入內，奕輒復隨去。後至奕醉，溫往主許避之。主曰：「君無狂司馬，我何由得相見？」
When Huan Xuanwu held Xuzhou, Xie Yi held Jinling.
Before this they had met only roughly with open hearts, and there was nothing beyond the ordinary in it.
When Huan Wen went back to Jingzhou and was about to go west, his feeling and spirit were very warm, but Xie Yi did not suspect it.
Only Xie Huzi's wife of the Wang family understood his intent, and she always said, "Huan of Jingzhou's turn of mind is quite out of the ordinary. He will surely go west together with Jinling."
Presently he drew Xie Yi in as his Marshal.
Even after Xie Yi had gone up, he still pressed their friendship from the days of plain cloth.
At Huan Wen's seat he pushed his headcloth back off his brow and whistled and chanted, no different from any ordinary day.
Xuanwu would always say, "My Marshal from beyond the bounds."
In the end, on account of the wine, he came to keep no ceremony of morning or evening.
When Huan Wen left him and went within, Xie Yi would simply follow him in.
Later, when Xie Yi got drunk, Huan Wen went to the princess's quarters to avoid him.
The princess said, "If you had no mad Marshal, how should I ever get to see you?"
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中興書曰：「奕自吏部郎，出為晉陵太守。」
The Zhongxing shu says, "Xie Yi went out from being Gentleman of the Bureau of Personnel to be Governor of Jinling."
虎子，謝據小字，奕弟也。其妻王氏，已見。
Huzi was the childhood name of Xie Ju, Xie Yi's younger brother. His wife of the Wang family has already appeared.
9A house newly come up, solid but without manners
謝萬在兄前，欲起索便器。于時阮思曠在坐曰：「新出門戶，篤而無禮。」
Xie Wan, in front of his elder brother, wanted to get up and call for the chamber pot.
At the time Ruan Siguang was sitting there and said, "A house newly come up. Solid, but without manners."
10People say Your Honor is a fool, and Your Honor is truly a fool
謝中郎是王藍田女壻，嘗箸白綸巾，肩輿徑至揚州聽事見王，直言曰：「人言君侯癡，君侯信自癡。」藍田曰：「非無此論，但晚令耳。」
Xie the Gentleman of the Interior was Wang Lantian's son-in-law.
He once wore a white silk cap and came in his sedan chair straight to the hall of audience in Yangzhou to see Wang Shu, and said outright, "People say Your Honor is a fool, and Your Honor is truly a fool."
Lantian said, "Such talk is not lacking, but it is only that I come to my good name late."
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謝氏譜曰：「萬取太原王述女，名荃。」
The Xieshi pu says, "Xie Wan took to wife the daughter of Wang Shu of Taiyuan, named Quan."
述別傳曰：「述少真獨退靜，人未嘗知，故有晚令之言。」
The Shu biezhuan says, "Wang Shu in his youth was true, and he kept alone, withdrawn and quiet, so that no one ever knew him. Hence the saying that he came to his good name late."
11Not yet knowing life, how should I know death?
王子猷作桓車騎騎兵參軍，桓問曰：「卿何署？」答曰：「不知何署，時見牽馬來，似是馬曹。」桓又問：「官有幾馬？」答曰：「不問馬，何由知其數？」又問：「馬比死多少？」答曰：「未知生，焉知死？」
Wang Ziyou became Adjutant of Cavalry to Huan, General of Chariots and Cavalry.
Huan Chong asked, "What office is yours?"
He answered, "I do not know what office it is. From time to time I see horses led in, so it seems to be the horse bureau."
Huan Chong asked again, "How many horses has the office?"
He answered, "I have not asked about the horses. How should I know their number?"
He asked again, "How many horses have died of late?"
He answered, "Not yet knowing life, how should I know death?"
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中興書曰：「桓沖引徽之為參軍，蓬首散帶，不綜知其府事。」
The Zhongxing shu says, "Huan Chong drew in Wang Huizhi as his Adjutant, and with his hair like tangled weeds and his belt hanging loose he did not gather up or attend to the business of the headquarters."
論語曰：「廄焚，孔子退朝曰：『傷人乎？』不問馬。」注：「貴人賤畜，故不問也。」
The Analects says, "The stable burned. When Confucius withdrew from court he said, 'Was anyone hurt?' He did not ask about the horses." The commentary says, "He held people dear and beasts cheap, and so he did not ask."
論語曰：「子路問死。孔子曰：『未知生，焉知死？』」馬融注曰：「死事難明，語之無益，故不答。」
The Analects says, "Zilu asked about death. Confucius said, 'Not yet knowing life, how should you know death?'" Ma Rong's commentary says, "The matter of death is hard to make clear, and speaking of it brings no gain, and so he did not answer."
12A Chi is not one to do such a thing
謝公嘗與謝萬共出西，過吳郡。阿萬欲相與共萃王恬許，太傅云：「恐伊不必酬汝，意不足爾！」萬猶苦要，太傅堅不回，萬乃獨往。坐少時，王便入門內，謝殊有欣色，以為厚待已。良久，乃沐頭散髮而出，亦不坐，仍據胡床，在中庭曬頭，神氣傲邁，了無相酬對意。謝於是乃還。未至船，逆呼太傅。安曰：「阿螭不作爾！」
Lord Xie once went west together with Xie Wan and passed through Wu commandery.
A Wan wanted the two of them to gather at Wang Tian's place, and the Grand Tutor said, "I am afraid he will not repay you in kind. It is not worth the wish."
Xie Wan still pressed him hard, but the Grand Tutor firmly would not turn, and so Xie Wan went alone.
He had sat only a short while when Wang Tian went inside the door, and Xie Wan had quite a pleased look, taking it that he was being handsomely received.
After a good while Wang Tian came out with his hair washed and hanging loose, and he did not sit either, but squatted on his folding stool in the middle of the courtyard drying his hair, his spirit and air haughty and lofty, with no least intent of making any return to him.
Xie Wan thereupon turned back. Before he reached the boat, he called out to the Grand Tutor from afar.
Xie An said, "A Chi is not one to do such a thing."
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恬已見。時為吳郡太守。
Wang Tian has already appeared. At the time he was Governor of Wu commandery.
王恬，小字螭虎。
Wang Tian's childhood name was Chihu.
13Morning has come to the western hills, and there is quite a bracing air
王子猷作桓車騎參軍。桓謂王曰：「卿在府久，比當相料理。」初不答，直高視，以手版拄頰云：「西山朝來，致有爽氣。」
Wang Ziyou became Adjutant to Huan, General of Chariots and Cavalry.
Huan Chong said to Wang Ziyou, "You have been in the headquarters a long time. It is time I looked into your affairs and set them in order."
At first he did not answer, but only looked up on high, propped his cheek on his tablet, and said, "Morning has come to the western hills, and there is quite a bracing air."
14You gentlemen are all stout soldiers
謝萬北征，常以嘯詠自高，未嘗撫慰眾士。謝公甚器愛萬，而審其必敗，乃俱行。從容謂萬曰：「汝為元帥，宜數喚諸將宴會，以說眾心。」萬從之。因召集諸將，都無所說，直以如意指四坐云：「諸君皆是勁卒。」諸將甚忿恨之。謝公欲深箸恩信，自隊主將帥以下，無不身造，厚相遜謝。及萬事敗，軍中因欲除之。復云：「當為隱士。」故幸而得免。
When Xie Wan went north on campaign, he always set himself high with whistling and chanting, and he never once soothed or comforted the host of officers.
Lord Xie thought very highly of Xie Wan and cherished him, yet he saw that he would surely fail, and so he went along with him.
At his ease he said to Xie Wan, "You are the commander in chief. You ought to call the generals in often and feast them, so as to gladden the hearts of the host."
Xie Wan followed this.
So he called the generals together, but he had nothing at all to say to them, and only pointed at the four sides of the room with his ruyi scepter and said, "You gentlemen are all stout soldiers."
The generals were deeply angered and resentful at him.
Lord Xie wished to show forth kindness and good faith deeply, and from the company commanders and the generals on down there was not one he did not visit in person, bowing low and thanking them handsomely.
When Xie Wan's affair came to failure, the army wished on that account to do away with him, but then they said, "It should be for the sake of the recluse."
And so by good fortune he was able to escape.
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萬敗事已見上。
Xie Wan's failure has already appeared above.
15Had Jiabin not died, would such rats dare behave so?
王子敬兄弟見郗公，躡履問訊，甚脩外生禮。及嘉賓死，皆箸高屐，儀容輕慢。命坐，皆云：「有事，不暇坐。」既去，郗公慨然曰：「使嘉賓不死，鼠輩敢爾！」
When Wang Zijing and his brother saw Lord Xi, they trod softly in their shoes as they made their inquiries, keeping the rites of nephews most carefully.
After Jiabin died, they both wore high clogs, and their bearing and manner were light and careless.
When he bade them sit, they both said, "We have business. We have no leisure to sit."
When they had gone, Lord Xi said with feeling, "Had Jiabin not died, would such rats dare behave so?"
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愔子超，有盛名，且獲寵於桓溫，故為超敬愔。
Xi Yin's son Xi Chao had a great name and moreover won favor with Huan Wen, and so it was for Xi Chao's sake that they respected Xi Yin.
16The master could not bear it and had the gate shut so that he could not go out
王子猷嘗行過吳中，見一士大夫家，極有好竹。主已知子猷當往，乃灑埽施設，在聽事坐相待。王肩輿徑造竹下，諷嘯良久。主已失望，猶冀還當通，遂直欲出門。主人大不堪，便令左右閉門不聽出。王更以此賞主人，乃留坐，盡歡而去。
Wang Ziyou once passed through the land of Wu and saw the house of a gentleman that had exceedingly fine bamboo.
The master already knew that Ziyou would come, and so he sprinkled and swept and set out the mats, and sat in the hall of audience to await him.
Wang Ziyou came in his sedan chair straight beneath the bamboo and chanted and whistled a good while.
The master was already disappointed, but he still hoped that on his way back Wang Ziyou would surely come and greet him. Yet Wang Ziyou made straight for the gate to go out.
The master could not bear it at all, and at once had his attendants shut the gate and not let him out.
Wang Ziyou praised the master all the more for this, and so he stayed and sat, and went away only when their pleasure was full.
17To be arrogant toward the master is not the rite, and to lord it over others with one's rank is not the way
王子敬自會稽經吳，聞顧辟疆有名園。先不識主人，徑往其家，值顧方集賓友酣燕。而王遊歷既畢，指麾好惡，傍若無人。顧勃然不堪曰：「傲主人，非禮也；以貴驕人，非道也。失此二者，不足齒人，傖耳！」便驅其左右出門。王獨在輿上回轉，顧望左右移時不至，然後令送箸門外，怡然不屑。
When Wang Zijing passed through the land of Wu from Kuaiji, he heard that Gu Pijiang had a famous garden.
He had not known the master before, but he went straight to his house, and it happened that Gu Pijiang was just then gathering guests and friends for a deep feast.
Yet Wang Zijing, when he had finished going about and seeing it all, pointed out what was good and what was bad in it, as though no one were beside him.
Gu Pijiang flushed with anger and could not bear it, and said, "To be arrogant toward the master is not the rite. To lord it over others with one's rank is not the way. Having lost these two, he is not worth counting as a man. He is a boor, that is all."
At once he drove Wang Zijing's attendants out of the gate.
Wang Zijing, alone on his sedan chair, turned round and round and looked about for his attendants, but for a long while they did not come. Only after that did Gu Pijiang have him sent outside the gate, and he took it cheerfully and thought nothing of it.
Interlinear notes 1
顧氏譜曰：「辟疆，吳郡人。歷郡功曹、平北參軍。」
The Gushi pu says, "Pijiang was a man of Wu commandery. He served as Merit Evaluator of the commandery and as Adjutant to the General Who Pacifies the North."