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《论语》选段翻译(中英文对照)

子曰：“志士仁人，无求生以害仁，有杀身以成仁。”

Confucius said， “A man with lofty ideals or humane man never gives up

humanity to save his life, but may sacrifice his life to achieve humanity.”

子曰：“知者乐水，仁者乐山；知者动，仁者静；知者乐，仁者寿。”

Confucius said， “The wise enjoy water, the humane enjoy mountains.

The wise are active, the humane are quiet. The wise are happy; the

humane live long lives. ”

林放问礼之本。子曰：“大哉问！礼与其奢也宁俭；丧与其易也宁戚。”

Lin Fang asked about the essence of the rites. Confucius said, “A very

significant question! The rites should be performed in a frugal way rather

than in an extravagant way. Funerals should be held with grief rather than

with pomposity.”

子曰：“不患无位，患所以立。

Confucius said，“One should worry not about having no official position,

but about having no proper qualifications. “

“不患莫己知，求为可知也。"

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”One should not seek to be known to others, but seek to acquire the

qualities worthy of being known.”

子曰：“人无远虑，必有近忧。”

Confucius said，“He who does not think of the future is certain to have

immediate worries.”

子曰：“躬自厚而薄责于人，责远怨矣。”

Confucius said，“One can keep hatred and grievance away by putting

more blame on oneself and less on others for any fault.”

子曰：“过而不改，是谓过矣。”

Confucius said，“A fault that is not amended is a real fault.”

子曰：“能以礼让为国乎？何有？不能以礼让为国乎，如礼何？”

Confucius said， “What difficulties would there be if a state was

governed with the rites and decorum? What use would the rites have if a

state was not governed with the rites and decorum?”

子曰：“居上不宽，为礼不敬，临丧不哀，吾何以观之哉？”

Confucius said， “What is there for me to observe of a man if he is not

broad-minded when he is in high position, not reverent when he is

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