中英文对照版《论语》

中英文对照版《论语》

性相近也，习相远也。

By

nature,

men

are

nearly

alike;

by

practice,

they

g

et

to

be

wide

apart.

过而不改，是谓过矣。

Not

to

mend

the

fault

one

has

made

is

to

err

indeed.

己所不欲，勿施于人。

What

you

do

not

want

done

to

yourself,

do

not

do

to

others.

言必信，行必果。

Keep

what

you

say

and

carry

out

what

you

do.

君子以文会友，以友辅仁。

The

superior

man

on

grounds

of

culture

meets

with

his

friends,

and

by

their

friendsh

ip

helps

his

virtue.

三军可夺师也，

< br>匹夫不可夺志也。

The

commander

of

the

forces

of

a

large

State

may

be

carried

off,

but

the

will

of

even

a

common

man

cannot

be

taken

from

him.

后生可畏，

焉知来者之不如今也？

A

youth

is

to

be

regarded

with

respect.

How

do

you

know

that

his

future

will

not

be

equal

to

our

present?

有朋自远方来，不亦乐乎？

Is

it

not

delightful

to

have

friends

coming

from

distant

quarters?

人不知而不愠，不亦君子乎？

Is

he

not

a

man

of

complete

virtue,

who

feels

no

discomposure

though

men

may

take

no

note

of

him?

父在，观其志。父没，观其行。三 年无改于父之道，可谓孝矣。

While

a

man's

father

is

alive,

look

at

the

bent

of

h

is

will;

when

his

father

is

dead,

look

at

his

conduct.

If

for

three

years

he

does

not

alter

from

the

way

of

his

father,

he

may

be

called

filial.

不患人之不己知，患不知人也。

I

will

not

be

afflicted

at

men's

not

knowing

me;

I

will

be

afflicted

that

I

do

not

know

men.

诗三百，一言以蔽之，曰：思无邪。

In

the

Book

of

Poetry

are

three

hundred

pieces,

but

the

design

of

them

all

may

be

embraced

in

one

sentence--

no

depraved

thoughts.

关睢乐而不淫，哀而不伤。

The

Kwan

Tsu

is

expressive

of

enjoyment

without

being

licentious,

and

of

grief

witho

ut

being

hurtfully

excessive.

父母在，不远游，游必有方。

While

his

parents

are

alive,

the

son

may

not

go

abroad

to

a

distance.

If

he

does

go

abroad,

he

must

have

a

fixed

place

to

which

he

goes.

德不孤，必有邻。

Virtue

is

not

left

to

stand

alone.

He

who

practises

it

will

have

neighbors.