子zǐ使shǐ漆qī雕diāo开kāi仕shì。对duì曰yuē，吾wú斯sī之zhī未wèi能néng信xìn。子zǐ说yuè。

Modern Chinese Guide

孔子让漆雕开去做官。漆雕开回答说：我对做官这件事还没有把握。孔子听了很高兴。

James Legge Translation

The Master was wishing Ch'i-tiao K'ai to enter on official employment. He replied, "I am not yet able to rest in the assurance of THIS." The Master was pleased.

Source: James Legge, public domain, 1893.

Notes

底本：Wikisource 整理的 James Legge《The Chinese Classics》公版中英文本（1893–1895）。
简体化：原文由繁体转为简体（OpenCC），与公版英译逐句对应。

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