子曰，事父母几谏，见志不从，又敬不违，劳而不怨。
Modern Chinese Guide
孔子说：侍奉父母，如果他们有不对的地方，要委婉地劝阻。看到自己的心意没有被采纳，仍然要恭敬地不加违抗，虽然内心忧劳，也不怨恨。
James Legge Translation
The Master said, "In serving his parents, a son may remonstrate with them, but gently; when he sees that they do not incline to follow his advice, he shows an increased degree of reverence, but does not abandon his purpose; and should they punish him, he does not allow himself to murmur."
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。
- 白话参考底本：《白话论语读本》，张兆瑢、沈元起编译，上海广益书局1948 年新三版。