And while he disapproved of Jan Yu, Confucius was not without political ambitions himself. "Am I a gourd that's just to be hung up and not eaten?"
至於夫子自己，也未嘗不想親自實現他的政治抱負，他曾經開玩笑指著自己說：「我總不能像匏瓜一樣，老吊在樹上光看不吃吧！」