阳货欲见孔子，孔子不见，归孔子豚。孔子时其亡也，而往拜之，遇诸途。谓孔子曰：「来！予与尔言。」曰：「怀其宝而迷其邦，可谓…
Yanghu wished to have an audience with the Master, but the Master would not see …
子曰：「性相近也，习相远也。」
The Master said: "By nature, people are close to one another; it is through prac…
子曰：「唯上知与下愚不移。」
The Master said: "Only the highest in wisdom and the lowest in foolishness are b…
子之武城，闻弦歌之声。夫子莞尔而笑，曰：「割鸡焉用牛刀？」子游对曰：「昔者偃也闻诸夫子曰：『君子学道则爱人，小人学道则易…
The Master went to Wucheng and heard the sound of strings and singing. He smiled…
公山弗扰以费畔，召，子欲往。子路不说，曰：「末之也已，何必公山氏之之也？」子曰：「夫召我者，而岂徒哉？如有用我者，吾其为…
Gongshan Furао revolted in Bi and summoned the Master, who wished to go. Zilu wa…
子张问仁于孔子，孔子曰：「能行五者于天下，为仁矣。」「请问之。」曰：「恭，宽，信，敏，惠。恭则不侮，宽则得众，信则人任焉…
Zizhang asked Confucius about benevolence. Confucius said, "One who can practice…
佛肸召，子欲往。子路曰：「昔者由也闻诸夫子曰：『亲于其身为不善者，君子不入也。』佛肸以中牟畔，子之往也，如之何！」子曰：…
Bi Xi summoned the Master, who wished to go. Zilu said, "In former times I heard…
子曰：「由也！女闻六言六蔽矣乎？」对曰：「未也。」 「居！吾语女。好仁不好学，其蔽也愚；好知不好学，其蔽也荡：好信不好学…
The Master said, "You! Have you heard of the six virtues and their six correspon…
子曰：「小子何莫学夫诗！诗，可以兴，可以观，可以群，可以怨：迩之事父，远之事君，多识于鸟兽草木之名。」
The Master said: "Young men, why does none of you study the Odes? The Odes can s…
子谓伯鱼曰：「女为《周南》、《召南》矣乎？人而不为《周南》、《召南》，其犹正墙面而立也与？」
The Master said to Boyu: "Have you studied the Zhounan and the Shaonan? A man wh…
子曰：「礼云礼云，玉帛云乎哉？乐云乐云，钟鼓云乎哉？」
The Master said: "When men speak of ritual, ritual — can they mean no more than …
子曰：「色厉而内荏，譬诸小人，其犹穿窬之盗也与？」
The Master said: "One who is stern in appearance yet weak within — if we are to …
子曰：「乡愿，德之贼也。」
The Master said: "The village worthy is the thief of virtue."
子曰：「道听而涂说，德之弃也。」
The Master said: "To hear something on the road and repeat it everywhere — this …
子曰：「鄙夫可与事君也与哉？其未得之也，患得之；既得之，患失之。苟患失之，无所不至矣。」
The Master said: "Can a mean and petty man be fit to serve a ruler? Before he ha…
子曰：「古者民有三疾,今也或是之亡也。古之狂也肆,今之狂也荡;古之矜也廉，今之矜也忿戾;古之愚也直,今之愚也诈而已矣。」
The Master said: "In ancient times, people had three kinds of faults; today perh…
子曰：「巧言令色，鲜矣仁。」
The Master said: "Fine words and an ingratiating countenance — seldom indeed is …
子曰：「恶紫之夺朱也，恶郑声之乱雅乐也，恶利口之覆邦家者。」
The Master said: "I detest the way purple usurps the place of vermillion; I dete…
子曰：「予欲无言。」子贡曰：「子如不言，则小子何述焉？」子曰：「天何言哉？四时行焉，百物生焉，天何言哉？」
The Master said: "I wish to speak no more." Zigong said: "If you do not speak, w…
孺悲欲见孔子，孔子辞以疾。将命者出户。取瑟而歌，使之闻之。
Ru Bei wished to call on the Master, but the Master declined on grounds of illne…
宰我问：「三年之丧，期已久矣！君子三年不为礼，礼必坏；三年不为乐，乐必崩。旧谷既没，新谷既升，钻燧改火，期可已矣。」子曰…
Zai Wo asked: "Three years of mourning for one's parents — surely one year is lo…
子曰：「饱食终日，无所用心，难矣哉！不有博弈者乎，为之犹贤乎已。」
The Master said: "To eat one's fill all day long and never apply one's mind to a…
子路曰：「君子尚勇乎？」子曰：「君子义以为上。君子有勇而无义为乱，小人有勇而无义为盗。」
Zilu asked: "Does a gentleman prize courage?" The Master said: "A gentleman hold…
子贡曰：「君子亦有恶乎？」子曰：「有恶：恶称人之恶者，恶居下流而讪上者，恶勇而无礼者，恶果敢而窒者。」曰：「赐也亦有恶乎…
Zigong asked: "Does the gentleman also have things he detests?" The Master said:…
子曰：「唯女子与小人为难养也，近之则不孙，远之则怨。」
The Master said: "Of all people, women and men of low character are the most dif…
子曰：「年四十而见恶焉，其终也已。」
The Master said: "If by the age of forty a man is still regarded with disdain, h…