Learning for the Way, Not for Food
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English translation
Original Chinese text
孟子谓乐正子曰:“子之从於子敖来,徒𫗦啜也。我不意子学古之道而以𫗦啜也。”
English translation
Mencius said to Yuezhengzi, “You came along with Zi Ao merely to eat and drink. I did not expect that, after studying the Way of the ancients, you would come here for nothing but food and drink.”