子谓公冶长：「可妻也。虽在缧绁之中，非其罪也。」以其子妻之。
The Master, speaking of Gongye Chang, said: "He is a suitable husband for my dau…
子谓南容：「邦有道，不废：邦无道，免于刑戮。以其兄之子妻之。」
The Master, speaking of Nanrong, said: "When the Way prevails in the state, he w…
子谓子贱：「君子哉若人！鲁无君子者，斯焉取斯？」
The Master said of Zijian: "A true gentleman, this man! If there were no gentlem…
子贡问曰：「赐也何如？」子曰：「女器也。」曰：「何器也？」曰：「瑚琏也。」
Zigong asked, "What do you think of me?" The Master said, "You are a vessel." Zi…
或曰：「雍也，仁而不佞。」子曰：「焉用佞？御人以口给，屡憎于人。不知其仁，焉用佞？」
Someone remarked, "Yong is humane but lacks eloquence." The Master said, "What n…
子使漆雕开仕，对曰：「吾斯之未能信。」子说。
The Master encouraged Qidiao Kai to take up an official post. Qidiao Kai replied…
子曰：「道不行，乘桴浮于海，从我者，其由与！」子路闻之喜。子曰：「由也好勇过我，无所取材。」
The Master said, "If the Way can truly no longer prevail, I would set sail upon …
孟武伯问：「子路仁乎？」子曰：「不知也。」又问。子曰：「由也，千乘之国，可使治其赋也。不知其仁也。」「求也何如？」子曰：…
Meng Wubo asked, "Can Zilu be said to have attained humaneness?" The Master said…
子谓子贡曰：「女与回也孰愈？」对曰：「赐也何敢望回。回也闻一以知十，赐也闻一以知二。」子曰：「弗如也！吾与女弗如也。」
The Master said to Zigong, "Who do you think is better, you or Yan Hui?" Zigong …
宰予昼寝。子曰：「朽木不可雕也，粪土之墙不可杇也。于予与何诛？」子曰：「始吾于人也，听其言而信其行；今吾于人也，听其言而…
Zaiyu was sleeping during the day. The Master said, "Rotten wood cannot be carve…
子曰：「吾未见刚者。」或对曰：「申枨。」子曰：「枨也欲，焉得刚？」
The Master said: "I have yet to meet a truly resolute man." Someone replied: "Wh…
子贡曰：「我不欲人之加诸我也，吾亦欲无加诸人。」子曰：「赐也，非尔所及也。」
Zigong said, "What I do not wish others to impose on me, I also wish not to impo…
子贡曰：「夫子之文章，可得而闻也：夫子之言性与天道，不可得而闻也。」
Zigong said, "The Master's teachings on culture and learning are there for us to…
子路有闻，未之能行，唯恐有闻。
Whenever Zilu heard a principle but had not yet put it into practice, he was afr…
子贡问曰：「孔文子何以谓之『文』也？」子曰：「敏而好学，不耻下问，是以谓之『文』也。」
Zigong asked: "Why was Kong Wenzi given the posthumous title 'Wen'?" The Master …
子谓子产：「有君子之道四焉：其行己也恭，其事上也敬，其养民也惠，其使民也义。」
The Master said of Zichan: "He embodied four of the ways of the exemplary person…
子曰：「晏平仲善与人交，久而敬之。」
The Master said: "Yan Pingzhong was skilled in friendship—the longer one associa…
子曰：「臧文仲居蔡，山节藻梲，何如其知也？」
The Master said: "Zang Wenzhong housed his great tortoise in a chamber with hill…
子张问曰：「令尹子文三仕为令尹，无喜色；三已之，无愠色。旧令尹之政，必以告新令尹。何如？」子曰：「忠矣。」曰：「仁矣乎？…
Zizhang asked: "Ziwen of Chu was appointed Chief Minister three times and showed…
季文子三思而后行。子闻之，曰：「再，斯可矣。」
Ji Wenzi always reflected three times before he acted. The Master, hearing of th…
子曰：「宁武子，邦有道，则知；邦无道，则愚。其知可及也，其愚不可及也。」
The Master said: "When the state was well governed, Ning Wuzi displayed his wisd…
子在陈，曰：「归与！归与！吾党之小子狂简，斐然成章，不知所以裁之。」
The Master, while in the state of Chen, said: "Let me go home, let me go home! T…
子曰：「伯夷、叔齐不念旧恶，怨是用希。」
The Master said: "Boyi and Shuqi bore no grudges against others, and thus few ha…
子曰：「孰谓微生高直？或乞醯焉，乞诸其邻而与之。」
The Master said: "Who says Weisheng Gao is straightforward? When someone asked h…
子曰：「巧言、令色、足恭，左丘明耻之，丘亦耻之。匿怨而友其人，左丘明耻之，丘亦耻之。」
The Master said: "Clever words, an ingratiating manner, and excessive deference …
颜渊、季路侍。子曰：「盍各言尔志？」子路曰：「愿车马衣轻裘与朋友共，敝之而无憾。」颜渊曰：「愿无伐善，无施劳。」子路曰：…
Yan Yuan and Jilu were in attendance. The Master said: "Why not each of you spea…
子曰：「已矣乎！吾未见能见其过而内自讼者也。」
The Master said: "It is all over, I suppose! I have yet to meet a man who, upon …
子曰：「十室之邑，必有忠信如丘者焉，不如丘之好学也。」
The Master said: "In a hamlet of even ten households, there are surely those as …