I need some help on Imperial China and Feudal Japan PLEASE! :)

Question

anonymous · Answer

Choose one quote from the three choices below that you think is either correct or off the mark.  Explain your thinking in one well developed paragraph.

Be sure to clearly mark which quote you have chosen (A, B, or C):

anonymous · Answer

A - Zigong asked about government. The Master said, "The requisites of government are that there be sufficient food, sufficient military equipment, and the confidence of the people in their ruler." Zigong said, "If one had to dispense with one of those three, which should be given up first?" "The military equipment, " said the Master. Zigong again asked, "If on had to dispense with one of the two remaining, which should be given up?" The Master answered, "Give up the food. From of old, death has always been the lot of men; but if the people have no faith in their rulers, they cannot stand."
B - The Master said, "Riches and honours are what men desire; but if they cannot be obtained in the proper way, they should be let go. Poverty and meanness are what men dislike; but if they cannot be avoided in the proper way, they should not be avoided. If a gentleman abandons virtue, how can he fulfill the requirements of his title? A gentleman not, even for the space of a single meal, act contrary to virtue. Even in moments of haste, and in times of danger, he clings to virtue."
C - Zhonggong asked about perfect virtue. The Master said, "When abroad, behave to everyone as if you were receiving an important guest; treat people as if you were assisting at a great sacrifice; do not do to others as you would not wish done to yourself. Thereby you will let no murmuring rise against you in the country, and none in the family. . . ."

anonymous · Answer

B

anonymous · Answer

Thank you! Would you mind telling me why it it wrong?

anonymous · Answer

What @ssanchez

anonymous · Answer

can you tell why why B is the answer? Thanks so much! :) @BigZotty