【正文】 ue, would esteem nothing above it. 11 He who hated what is not virtuous, would practice virtue in such a way that he would not allow anything that is not virtuous to approach his person. Is any one able for one day to apply his strength to virtue? I have not seen the case in which his strength would be insufficient. Should there possibly be any such case, I have not seen it. 子曰 : 「人之過也 , 各於其黨 .觀過 , 斯知仁矣 .」 The Master said, The faults of men are characteristic of the class to which they belong. By observing a man39。s prince is accounted by people to be flattery. The Duke Ting asked how a prince should employ his ministers, and how ministers should serve their prince. Confucius replied, A prince should employ his minister according to according to the rules of propriety。Assisting are the princes。 without reverence, what is there to distinguish the one support given from the other? 子夏問孝子曰 : 「色難 .有事弟子服其勞 。 The meaning is the same, I apprehend, as that which you have just expressed. The Master said, With one like Ts39。 if, in serving his prince, he can devote his life。 if, in his intercourse with his 2 friends, his words are sincere , although men say that he has not learned, I will certainly say that he has. 子曰 : 「君子不重則不威 , 學(xué)則不固 , 主忠信 , 無友不如己者 。ze, I can begin to talk about the odes. I told him one point, and he knew its proper sequence. 子曰 : 「不患人之不己知 , 患不知人也 .」 The Master said, I will not be afflicted at men39。有酒食 , 先生饌 .曾是以為孝乎 ? 」 Tsze hsia asked what filial piety was. The Master said, The difficulty is with the countenance. If, when their elders have any troublesome affairs, the young take the toil of them, and if, when the young have wine and food, they set them before their elders, is THIS to be considered filial piety? 子曰 : 「吾與回言終日 , 不違如愚 .退而省其私 , 亦足以發(fā) .回也不愚 .」 The Master said, I have talked with Hui for a whole day, and he has not made any objection to anything I said。 the son of heaven looks profound and grave39。 ministers should serve their prince with faithfulness. The Master said, The Kwan Tsu is expressive of enjoyment without being licentious, and of grief without being hurtfully excessive. 哀公問社於宰我 .宰我對曰 : 「夏後氏以松 , 殷人以柏 , 周人以栗 , 曰使民戰(zhàn) 栗 .」 子聞之曰 : 「成事不說 , 遂事不諫 , 既往不咎 .」 The Duke Ai asked Tsai Wo about the altars of the spirits of the land. Tsai Wo replied, The Hsia sovereign planted the pine tree about them。s faults, it may be known that he is virtuous. 子曰 : 「朝聞道 , 夕死可矣 .」 The Master said, If a man in the morning hear the right way, he may die in the evening hear regret. 子曰 : 「士志於道 , 而恥惡衣惡食者 , 未足與議也 .」 The Master said, A scholar, whose mind is set on truth, and who is ashamed of bad clothes and bad food, is not fit to be discoursed with. 子曰 : 「君子之於天下也 , 無適也 , 無莫也 , 義之與比 .」 The Master said, The superior man, in the world, does not set his mind either for anything, or against anything。ai to enter an official employment. He replied, I am not yet able to rest in the assurance of this. The Master was pleased. The Master said, My doctrines make no way. I will get upon a raft, and float about on the sea. He that will acpany me will be Yu, I dare say. Tsze lu hearing this was glad, upon which the Master said, Yu is fonder of daring than I am. He does not exercise his judgment upon matters. 孟武伯問 : 「子路仁乎 ? 」子曰 : 「不知也 .」 又問 .子曰 : 「由也 , 千乘之國 , 可使治其賦也 .不知其仁也 .」「求也何如 ? 」 子曰 : 「求也 , 千室之邑 , 百乘之家 , 可使為之宰也 .不知其仁也 .」「赤也何如 ? 」 子曰 : 「赤也 , 束帶立於 朝 , 可使與賓客言也 .不知其仁也 .」 Mang Wu asked about Tsze lu, whet。君子懷刑 , 小人懷惠 .」 The Master said, The superior man thinks of virtue。 and the men of the Chau planted the chestnut tree, meaning thereby to cause the people to be in awe. When the Master heard it, he said, Things that are done, it is needless to speak about。喪 , 與其易也 , 寧戚 .」 Lin Fang asked what was the first thing to be attended to in ceremonies. The Master said, A great question indeed!In festive ceremonies, it is better to be sparing than extravagant. In the ceremonies of mourning, it is better that there be deep sorrow than in minute attention to observances. 子曰 : 「夷狄之有君 , 不如諸夏之亡也 .」 The Master said, The rude tribes of the east and north have their princes, and are not like the States of our great land which are without them. 季氏旅於泰山 .子謂冉有曰 : 「女弗能救與 ? 」對曰 : 「不能 !」 子曰 : 「嗚呼 ! 曾謂泰山 , 不如林放乎 ? 」 The chief of the Chi family was about to sacrifice to the T39。 thought without learning is perilous. 子曰 : 「攻乎異端 , 斯害也已 .」 The Master said, The study of strange doctrines is injurious indeed! 子曰 : 「由 , 誨女知之乎 ? 知之為知之 , 不 知為不知 , 是知也 .」 The Master said, Yu, shall I teach you what knowledge is? When you know a thing, to hold that you know it。 I will be afflicted that I do not know men. 2 為政 第二 子曰 : 「為政以德 , 譬如北辰 , 居其所 , 而眾星共之 .」 共 :拱 ,北辰 :北極星 The Master said, He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be pared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it. 子曰 : 「 詩 三百 , 一言以蔽之 , 曰 : 『思無邪』 .」 The Master said, In the Book of Poetry are three hundred pieces, but the design of them all may be embraced in one sentence 39。then the virtue of the people will resume its proper excellence. 子禽問於子貢曰 : 「夫子至於是邦也 , 必聞其政 .求之與 ? 抑與之與 ? 」 子貢曰 :「夫子溫、良、恭、儉、讓以得之 .夫子之求之也 ,其諸異乎人之求之與 !」 Tsze ch39。雖曰未學(xué) ,吾必謂之學(xué)矣 .」 (看到 賢人就肅然起敬 ) Tsze hsia said, If a man withdraws his mind from the love of beauty, and applies it as sincerely to the love of the virtuous。 but they are not equal to him, who, though poor, is yet cheerful, and to him, who, though rich, loves the rules of propriety. Tsze kung replied, It is said in the Book of Poetry, 39。不敬 , 何以別乎 ? 」 Tsze yu asked what filial piety was. The Master said, The filial piety nowadays means t