子zǐ在zài陈chén曰yuē，归guī与yú归guī与yú，吾wú党dǎng之zhī小xiǎo子zǐ狂kuáng简jiǎn，斐fěi然rán成chéng章zhāng，不bù知zhī所suǒ以yǐ裁cái之zhī。

Modern Chinese Guide

孔子在陈国时说：回去吧，回去吧！我家乡的那些年轻学生志向高远而行事疏阔，文采斐然，很有可观，只是还不知道怎样来裁正自己。

James Legge Translation

When the Master was in Ch'an, he said, "Let me return! Let me return! The little children of my school are ambitious and too hasty. They are accomplished and complete so far, but they do not know how to restrict and shape themselves."

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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