孔子语录中英文对照

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有教无类。

In teaching there should be no distinction of classes.

当仁，不让于师。

When it comes to benevolence, one need not give precedence even to his teacher.

学而时习之，不亦说乎？

Is it not pleasant to learn with a constant perseveranceand application?

温故而知新，可以为师矣。

If a man keeps cherishing his old knowledge, so as continually to be acquiring new, he may be a teacher of others.

学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆。

Learning without thought is labourlost; thought without learning is perilous.

敏而好学，不耻下问。

He was of an active nature and yet fond of learning, and he was not ashamed to ask and learn of his inferiors.

十室之邑，必有忠信，如丘者焉，不如丘之好学也。

In a hamlet of ten families, there may be found one honourable and sincere as I am, but not so fond of learning.

知之者，不如好之者，好之者，不如乐之者。

They who know the truth are not equal to those who love it, and they who love it are not equal to those who delight in it.

默而识之，学而不厌，诲人不倦，何有于我哉。

The silent treasuring up of knowledge; learning without satiety; and instructing others without being wearied -- which one of these things belongs to me?

我非生而知之者，好古，敏以求之者也。

I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there.

三人行，必有我师焉。择其善者而从之，其不善者而改之。

When I walk along with two others, they may serve me as my teachers. I will select their good qualities and follow them, their bad qualities and avoid them.

学如不及，犹恐失之。

Learn as if you could not reach your object, and were always fearing also lest you should lose it.

Little is nature, habit is nature.

少成若天性，习惯成自然。

Though the path, there must be a bystander;

虽小道，必有可观者焉；

Far fear mud, is not a gentleman for also.

致远恐泥，是以君子不为也。

A gentlemans official service is also to do its justice.

君子之仕也，行其义也。

Learn and then know insufficient, teach and then know trapped.

学然后知不足，教然后知困。

Lack of knowledge, and then can reflexive also;

知不足，然后能自反也；

Know the plight, and then can self-improvement.

知困，然后能自强也。

The past can not be reproved, but the past can be chased.

往昔不可谏，来者犹可追。

The day knows its death, the month does not forget its ability, can be described as studious has already done.

日知其所亡，月无忘其所能，可谓好学也已矣。

Recite three hundred, grant it to the government, do not reach;

诵三百，授之以政，不达；

Make it quadrangle, not exclusive;

使之四方，不能专对；

Even though there are many, what do you think?

虽多，亦奚以为？

Erudite and sincere ambition, cut question and near thought, benevolence in which.

博学而笃志，切问而近思，仁在其中矣。

Quick to act and slow to speak.

敏于事而慎于言。

If one corner is not reversed in three corners, it is no longer.

举一隅不以三隅反，则不复也。

Wide with fierce, fierce with broad, and politics with peace.

宽以济猛，猛以济宽，政是以和。

The three armies can seize the handsome also, a man can not seize the ambition also.

三军可夺帅也，匹夫不可夺志也。

From the beginning, I listen to what people say and believe what they do.

始吾于人也，听其言而信其行。

Now I am with others, listening to what they say and watching what they do.

今吾于人也，听其言而观其行。

A gentleman seeks what he has, a small man seeks what he has.

君子求诸已，小人求诸人。

If you cant learn, you are afraid of losing.

学如不及，犹恐失之。

Words can not be said, called impetuous;

言未及之而言，谓之躁；

Say it without saying, that is hidden;

言及之而不言，谓之隐；

I am blind until I have seen color.

未见颜色而言，谓之瞽。

Everything is inferior, only reading high!

万般皆下品，唯有读书高！

Confucius said: The gentleman has three precepts: when he is young, his blood is not fixed, but his precepts are in his color;

子曰：君子有三戒：少之时，血气未定，戒之在色；

Its strong also, blood and Qi just, ring in the fight;

及其壮也，血气方刚，戒之在斗；

It is also old, the blood is old, and the ring is in.

及其老也，血气既衰，戒之在得。

Do not do to others what you do not want to do.

施诸已而不愿，亦勿施于人。

Confucius said: respectful and rude is hard; careful and rude is thraceless; brave and rude is disorderly; straight and rude is twisted.

子曰：恭而无礼则劳，慎而无礼则葸，勇而无礼则乱，直而无礼则绞。

Origin does not seek summer, Yi does not chaos China, prisoners do not league, soldiers do not force good.

裔不谋夏，夷不乱华，俘不干盟，兵不逼好。

Treat others as you would like to be treated.

己所不欲，勿施于人。

Faithfulness, respect, although the country of Barbarians, do.

言忠信，行笃敬，虽蛮貊之邦，行矣。

Words are not faithful, actions are not respectful, although the state, do what?

言不忠信，行不笃敬，虽州里，行乎哉？

Nothing is cut, nothing is cut, nothing is learned.

玉不琢，不成器，人不学，不知道。

Be tireless in learning and teaching.

学而不厌，诲人不倦。

Xian Xian change color;

贤贤易色；

Things parents can exhaust their strength;

事父母能竭其力；

Things you can lead to body;

事君能致身；

Keep your word with your friends.

与朋友交言而有信。

Although I have not learned, I call it learning.

虽曰未学，吾谓之学矣。

Confucius said: in the company of three, there must be a teacher.

子曰：三人行，必有我师焉。

Choose the good ones and follow them, and change the bad ones.

择其善者而从之，其不善者而改之。

If you dont learn etiquette, you cant stand up.

不学礼，无以立。

A gentleman is in harmony but not in harmony; a small man is in harmony but at odds.

君子和而不同，小人同而不和。

One must not give in to ones teacher.

当仁不让于师。

Why, tell you what you know?

由，诲汝知之乎？

What you know is what you know, what you dont know is what you know.

知之为知之，不知为不知，是知也。

Good medicine tastes bitter to the mouth and good to the disease, and good advice to the ear and good to the action.

良药苦于口而利于病，忠言逆于耳而利于行。

Those who know are not as good as those who are good, and those who are good are not as happy.

知之者不如好之者，好之者不如乐之者。

Isnt it nice to have friends coming from afar?

有朋自远方来，不亦乐乎？

He who sees good will sees danger.

见利思义，见危授命。

Do not suffer from people do not know, do not know people.

不患人之不己知，患不知人也。

Son never four: No, no, no, no, no.

子绝四：毋意，毋必，毋固，毋我。

Rich and can also seek, although the whip, I also.

富而可求也，虽执鞭之士，吾亦为之。

If you cannot, do as I please.

如不可求，从吾所好。

Gentlemans way, dark but day chapter;

君子之道，暗然而日章；

The way of the little man, but the day died.

小人之道，的然而日亡。

The way of a gentleman, light and not tired, simple and text, warm and reason, know far near, know the wind, know the micro show, and into the de Yi.

君子之道，淡而不厌，简而文，温而理，知远之近，知风之自，知微之显，可与入德矣。

The so-called sincere meaning of the person, do not deceive themselves, such as bad odor, such as good color, this is called self-modesty, so the gentleman must be careful of its alone.

所谓诚其意者，毋自欺也，如恶恶臭，如好好色，此之谓自谦，故君子必慎其独也。

No one knows the evil of his son, no one knows the greatness of his seedling.

人莫知其子之恶，莫知其苗之硕。

All things that are prepared are established; those that are not prepared are destroyed.

凡事豫则立，不豫则废。

"Guan Sui", happy but not lewd, sad but not hurt.

《关睢》，乐而不淫，哀而不伤。

What is tolerable? What is intolerable?

是可忍也，孰不可忍也？

The way of heaven and earth can be done in a word: it is not two, then its biological accident.

天地之道，可一言而尽也：其为物不贰，则其生物不测。

The way of heaven and earth: Bo also, thick also, high also, Ming also, leisurely also, long also.

天地之道：博也，厚也，高也，明也，悠也，久也。

Dont you think we should learn from time to time?

学而时习之，不亦说乎？

Isnt it nice to have friends coming from afar?

有朋自远方来，不亦乐乎？

Do not know without anger, is not also a gentleman?

人不知而不愠，不亦君子乎？

In a threesome, theres always a teacher.

三人行，必有我师焉。

Choose the good ones and follow them, and change the bad ones.

择其善者而从之，其不善者而改之。

People above, can also be language;

中人以上，可以语上也；

People below, can not speak also.

中人以下，不可以语上也。

It is learned, interrogated, deliberated, discerned, and practiced.

博学之，审问之，慎思之，明辨之，笃行之。

He who reviews the old knows the new, can be a teacher.

温故而知新，可以为师矣。

A gentleman with virtue, a small man with soil;

君子怀德，小人怀土；

A gentleman carries punishment, a villain carries favors.

君子怀刑，小人怀惠。

A gentleman has what he has, and then he asks others.

君子有诸已，而后求诸人。

(Only when you have good virtue can you ask others to do good.)

（自己有善德，才能要求别人行善。）

A gentleman is slow in speech and quick in action.

君子欲讷于言而敏于行。

A gentleman cannot eat enough,...

君子食无求饱，……

Quick at things and careful to speak, there is Dao and right, can be described as studious also.

敏于事而慎于言，就有道而正焉，可谓好学也已。

"Poetry" cloud: "Peach blossom, its leaves.

《诗》云：“桃之夭夭，其叶蓁蓁。

Where the son is returned, it is appropriate for his family."

之子于归，宜其家人。”

Knowing it silently, being insatiable in learning and teaching.

默而识之，学而不厌，诲人不倦。

Learning without thinking is lost; thinking without learning is perilous.

学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆。

I have five and will to learn, thirty and stand, forty and not confused, fifty and know the destiny of heaven, sixty and listen, seventy and from the heart of desire, not over the moment.

吾十有五而志于学，三十而立，四十而不惑，五十而知天命，六十而耳顺，七十而从心的欲，不逾矩。

His knowledge is as good as his foolishness.

其知可及也，其愚不可及也。

Learning is close to knowledge, practice is close to benevolence, and shame is close to yong.

好学近乎知，力行近乎仁，知耻近乎勇乎。

The way of university lies in clear virtue, in being close to the people, and in stopping at the utmost goodness.

大学之道，在明明德，在亲民，在止于至善。

Do not suffer from people who do not know, suffer from not knowing people.

不患人之不已知，患不知人也。

A man without faith, do not know.

人而无信，不知其可也。

A big car without , a small car without , its

大车无輗，小车无軏，其何以行之哉？

I look at my body three times a day: is it a conspiracy and disloyalty?

吾日三省吾身：为人谋而不忠乎？

With friends and not believe it?

与朋友交而不信乎？

Do you practice it?

传不习乎？

If there is no place, there is no place.

不患无位，患所以立。

Dont worry about Mo known, to know also.

不患莫已知，求为可知也。

The use of courtesy, peace is precious.

礼之用，和为贵。

The wise are happy with water, the benevolent are happy with mountain.

知者乐水，仁者乐山。

The wise move, the benevolent quiet, the wise happy, the benevolent longevity.

知者动，仁者静，知者乐，仁者寿。

Rich run house, de run body, heart and body fat, so the gentleman must be sincere.

富润屋，德润身，心广体胖，故君子必诚其意。

What you know is what you know, what you dont know is what you know.

知之为知之，不知为不知，是知也。

See the wise, see the bad and introspection also.

见贤思齐焉，见不贤而内自省也。

Ren is beautiful, choose not benevolence, how to know?

里仁为美，择不处仁，焉得知？

A gentleman means righteousness, a villain means profit.

君子喻于义，小人喻于利。

Angry to eat, happy to forget worry, I do not know the old will come to Yuner.

发愤忘食，乐以忘忧，不知老之将至云尔。

The anger, sorrow and joy are not produced, called in, and all in the section, called the sum.

喜怒哀乐之未发，谓之中，发而皆中节，谓之和。

To neutralize, the status of heaven, all things.

致中和，天地位焉，万物育焉。

"Poem" 300, in a word, said: "thought without evil."

《诗》三百，一言以蔽之，曰：“思无邪。”

A gentlemans week is not better than a mans week.

君子周而不比，小人比而不周。

Sensitive and studious, not ashamed to ask, is called the "text" also.

敏而好学，不耻下问，是以谓之“文”也。

The future will be terrible, who knows what will not be now?

后生可畏，焉知来者之不如今也？

Forty and fifty and nothing to hear, I am not afraid of also already!

四十五十而无闻焉，斯亦不足畏也已！

The words can break the prison, its cause is also with!

片言可以折狱者，其由也与！

Whats the reward?

何以报德？

Straight for evil, good for good.

以直报怨，以德报德。

Born wise, on also;

生而知之者，上也；

Learn and know, the second also;

学而知之者，次也；

Sleepy to learn, and then also.

困而学之，又其次也。

Sleepy and do not learn, people for the next!

困而不学，民斯为下矣！

Tao to politics, Qi to punishment, people free and shameless;

道之以政，齐之以刑，民免而无耻；

Tao to virtue, Qi to ceremony, shame and grid.

道之以德，齐之以礼，有耻且格。

The people can make the reason, but not the knowledge.

民可使由之，不可使知之。

Believe in learning, adhere to the good way.

笃信好学，死守善道。

A dangerous state is not a person, a chaotic state does not live, the world has a way to see, no way is hidden.

危邦不人，乱邦不居，天下有道则见，无道则隐。

Not in his position, not in his politics.

不在其位，不谋其政。

He who knows has no doubts;

知者不惑；

The benevolent do not worry;

仁者不忧；

The brave have no fear.

勇者不惧。

You cant live in a house without a corpse.

寝不尸，居不容。

Too much is not enough.

过犹不及。

Restore your own rites and be merciful.

克己复礼，为仁。

See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil, act no evil.

非礼勿视，非礼勿听，非礼勿言，非礼勿动。

Treat others as you would like to be treated;

己所不欲，勿施于人；

No complaints in the state, no complaints at home.

在邦无怨，在家无怨。

Hearing the proceedings, I am a Jew.

听讼，吾犹人也。

Will also, make no suit!

必也，使无讼乎！

Its body is right, do not order;

其身正，不令而行；

His body is not right, although he does not obey.

其身不正，虽令不从。

No desire for speed;

无欲速；

There is no small profit.

无见小利。

Haste makes waste;

欲速则不达；

A little profit is a big deal.

见小利则大事不成。

Just, Yi, dull, near benevolence.

刚、毅、木讷，近仁。

If a worker wants to do a good job, he must first sharpen his tools.

工欲善其事，必先利其器。

Without some foresight, one is bound to run into trouble afterwards.

人无远虑，必有近忧。

Live in groups all day long, speak off guard, good line small wisdom;

群居终日，言不及义，好行小慧；

Its too hard!

难矣哉！

Never judge a man by his words;

不以言举人；

Dont use people to deny words.

不以人废言。

Smooth talk is a mess of virtue.

巧言乱德。

A little patience leads to a great plan.

小不忍，则乱大谋。

Pass and do not change, is called too!

过而不改，是谓过矣！

Think of the meaning.

见得思义。

Similar sex is also, practice is far apart.

性相近也，习相远也。

Only the above and the below fool, do not move.

唯上知与下愚，不移。

Respect, width, faith, sensitivity, and benefit: respect is not insult, width is public, faith is anything, sensitivity is meritorious, and benefit is enough to make people.

恭、宽、信、敏、惠：恭则不侮，宽则得众，信则人任焉，敏则有功，惠则足以使人。

Dont you think we should learn from time to time?

学而时习之，不亦说乎？

Sweet words, fresh benevolence!

巧言令色，鲜矣仁！

The way of the country, respect and faith, save money and love, make the people with time.

道千乘之国，敬事而信，节用而爱人，使民以时。

For the government of virtue, oath such as the North, and live in its stars.

为政以德，誓如北辰，居其所而众星共之。

A man without faith, do not know.

人而无信，不知其可也。

The morning, the night can die.

朝闻道，夕死可矣。

Parents in, do not travel, travel must be square.

父母在，不远游，游必有方。

From the beginning I also, listen to their words and believe in their actions;

始吾于人也，听其言而信其行；

Now I am with others, listening to what they say and watching what they do.

今吾于人也，听其言而观其行。

Sensitive and studious, not ashamed to ask, is called the "text" also.

敏而好学，不耻下问，是谓之“文”也。

The wise are happy with water, the benevolent are happy with mountain.

知者乐水，仁者乐山。

The wise move, the benevolent quiet.

知者动，仁者静。

The wise are happy, the kind are long.

知者乐，仁者寿。

The Master said, "Those who know are not as good as those who are good, and those who are good are not as good as those who are happy."

子曰：知之者不如好之者，好之者不如乐之者。

Confucius said: sensitive and studious, not ashamed of lower questions, is called the text also.

子曰：敏而好学，不耻下问，是以谓之文也。

Listen to his words and watch his actions.

听其言而观其行。

Confucius said: If one considers the old and knows the new, one can be a teacher.

子曰：温故而知新，可以为师矣。

Confucius said, "I think about myself three times a day: Is it true that I am not loyal to others?"

子曰：吾日三省吾身：为人谋而不忠乎？

With friends and not believe it?

与朋友交而不信乎？

Do you practice it?

传不习乎？

(" Xueyi ")

（《学而》）

Zi Gong asked, "Who has a word to live by?"

子贡问曰：“有一言而可以终身行之者乎？”

The Master said, "How forgiving!

子曰：“其恕乎！

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."

The Master said, "Why, teach you what you know?

子曰：由，诲汝知之乎？

What you know is what you know, what you dont know is what you know.

知之为知之，不知为不知，是知也。

Ive never seen a man as virtuous as a womanizer.

吾未见好德如好色者也。

Confucius said: the gentleman has no food to satisfy, no peace to live in, and is quick in things and careful in words, he has Dao and right, which can be said to be studious.

子曰：君子食无求饱，居无求安，敏于事而慎于言，就有道而正焉，可谓好学也已。

Confucius said Ji Shi: Eight Yidance in court, is tolerable also, what can not endure also?

孔子谓季氏：八佾舞于庭，是可忍也，孰不可忍也？

Confucius said: The gentleman means righteousness, the small man means profit.

子曰：君子喻于义，小人喻于利。

A rotten tree cannot be carved.

朽木不可雕也。

Do not suffer from people who do not know, suffer from not knowing people.

不患人之不已知，患不知人也。

The people cannot stand without faith.

民无信不立。

四海之内，皆兄弟也。

Only the good can be good, can be evil.

唯仁者能好人，能恶人。

Confucius said: The wise have no doubts, the benevolent have no worries, and the brave have no fears.

子曰：智者不惑，仁者不忧，勇者不惧。

The year cold, and then know the pine and cypress after carving also.

岁寒，然后知松柏之后彫也。

There is no class.

有教无类。

Not suffering from inequality, not suffering from poverty but suffering from insecurity.

不患寡而患不均，不患贫而患不安。

Confucius said: Do not suffer from people who do not know themselves, and do not know others.

子曰：不患人之不己知，患不知人也。

Sensitive and studious, not ashamed to ask, is called the text also.

敏而好学，不耻下问，是以谓之文也。

Confucius said: not in his position, not in his government.

子曰：不在其位，不谋其政。

A gentleman has what he has, and then he asks others.

君子有诸已，而后求诸人。

Confucius said: Ningwu Zi, a state with Dao is wise, and a state without Dao is foolish.

子曰：宁武子，邦有道则智，邦无道则愚。

He is as wise as he is foolish.

其智可及也，其愚不可及也。

Different ways do not conspire with each other.

道不同，不相为谋。

The Master said, "If you learn and apply what The Times have learned, dont you also say so?

子曰：“学而时习之，不亦说乎？

Isnt it nice to have friends coming from afar?

有朋自远方来，不亦乐乎？

If one does not know and is unhappy, is it not a gentleman?"

人不知而不悦，不亦君子乎？”

Zi said on the river: "The deceased like a sifu, do not give up day and night."

子在川上曰：“逝者如斯夫，不舍昼夜。”

Rice sparse food, drinking water, bend humerus and pillow, music is also in it.

饭疏食、饮水，曲肱而枕之，乐亦在其中矣。

Politician, Masaya.

政者，正也。

Son Shuai to correct, which dare not correct?

子帅以正，孰敢不正？

Confucius said: The future will be terrible, how can you know that the future will not be the present?

子曰：后生可畏，焉知来者之不如今也？

"Poem" cloud: Peach, its leaf.

子曰：《诗》三百，一言以蔽之，曰：思无邪。

A gentleman is ashamed of his words and his deeds.

君子耻其言而过其行言必行，行必果。

All men are brothers in the world.

四海之内皆兄弟也。

Quick to act and slow to speak.

敏于事而慎于言。

A gentleman is in harmony but not in harmony; a small man is in harmony but at odds.

君子和而不同，小人同而不和。

Unjust and rich and valuable, like a floating cloud to me.

不义而富且贵，于我如浮云。

Great virtue is not more than leisure, and small virtue can also be.

大德不逾闲，小德出入可也。

Confucius said, "Do not say what is done, do not remongize what is done, and let bygones be bygones."

子曰：成事不说，遂事不谏，既往不咎。

Confucius said: rice sparse food and drinking water, bend humerus and pillow, joy is also in it.

子曰：饭疏食饮水，曲肱而枕之，乐亦在其中矣。

Unjust and rich and valuable, like a floating cloud to me.

不义而富且贵，于我如浮云。

Confucius said, "If a man has no faith, he does not know what he can do.

子曰：人而无信，不知其可也。

There is no such thing as a big cart or a small car

大车无輗，小车无杌，其何以行之哉？

The wise are not confused, the benevolent are not worried, and the brave are not afraid.

知者不惑，仁者不忧，勇者不惧。

Confucius said: do not be angry, do not unfold, do not unfold, do not take a corner to three corners, then no longer also.

子曰：不愤不启、不悱不发，举一隅不以三隅反，则不复也。