《论衡·卷九·问孔篇》
孔子问使者说 他老先生在干什么 ，问的是在政治上的所作所为，不是问他的操行。
夫孔子之问使者曰： 夫子何为 ，问所治为，非问操行也。
Confucius asked the emissary what his old gentleman wasdoing, and what he was asking about was his political actions, not his conduct.