Zeng Zi said seriously: "How can you cheat a child?"
曾子严肃地说：“你怎么能够哄骗孩子呢？”
When his wife saw this, she hurriedly held Zeng Zi by the hand and said: "What's the matter with you?"
妻子看见了就急忙拉住曾子的手，说：“你这是怎么了？”
Later, when Zeng Zi's son Zeng Yuan served Zeng Zi, after Zeng Zi finished eating, Zeng Yuan would put away the food without asking about how to deal with the leftover food.
后来曾子的儿子曾元侍奉曾子吃饭，吃完就把酒肉收了，也不问问父亲如何安排；
Zeng Zi paid great attention to the function of inward moral cultivation in rituals and ceremonies, stressed restraining oneself by rituals and practicing inward moral reflection.
他十分重视礼仪中人的内心道德修养的作用，强调以“礼”律己，进行内心道德反省。
If Zeng Zi had ended up permanently crippled or dead, his father would undoubtedly have been imprisoned and punished, and would have had to suffer disgrace and regret for the rest of his life.
假如曾子因此残废或者死亡，他的父亲岂不是要入狱受刑，并一辈子生活在他人的唾弃，与自已的悔恨之中？
If Zeng Zi had ended up permanently crippled or dead, his father would undoubtedly have been imprisoned and punished, and would have had to suffer disgrace and regret for the rest of his life.
假如曾子因此残废或者死亡，他的父亲岂不是要入狱受刑，并一辈子生活在他人的唾弃，与自已的悔恨之中？
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