Confucius on Wealth

The Master said: “If there were an honorable way to get rich, I’d do it, even if it meant being a stooge standing around with a whip. But there isn’t an honorable way, so I just do what I like.” (7.12)
子曰：“富而可求也，雖執鞭之士，吾亦為之。如不可求，從吾所好.”

The Master said: “Poor food and water for dinner, a bent arm for a pillow – that is where joy resides. For me, wealth and renown without honor are nothing but drifting clouds.” (7.16)
子曰：“飯疏食飲水，曲肱而枕之，樂亦在其中矣。不義而富且貴，於我如浮雲.”

The Master said: “How noble Yen Hui is! To live in a meager lane with nothing but some rice in a split-bamboo bowl and some water in a gourd cup – no one else could bear such misery. But it doesn’t bother Hui. His joy never wavers. O, how noble Hui is!” (6.10)
子曰：“賢哉回也！一簞食，一瓢飲，在陋巷。人不堪其憂，回也不改其樂. 賢哉回也！”

Prof. Sam Crane quotes the above in a post taking up from one of mine yesterday — East Asia is not Confucian.