May Heaven strike me down! "After leaving Wei, Confucius spent eight years traveling around with his stu dents and teaching. Once they came to the walled town of Wu, where an ex-student, Tzu-yu, was in command. Hearing the sound of stringed instruments and singing, Confucius said with a smile," You don't need an ox-knife to kill a children. "
另有一回，孔子帶著學生到子遊所治理的武城去，在城門外聽到弦歌之聲，想到平日的教學果然生了效，高興之下，就幽了一默：「嘿，殺雞居然用了把牛刀呢！」