子zǐ曰yuē，古gǔ者zhě言yán之zhī不bù出chū，耻chǐ躬gōng之zhī不bú逮dài也yě。

Modern Chinese Guide

孔子说：古人不轻易把话说出口，是因为他们以自己做不到而感到羞耻。

James Legge Translation

The Master said, "The reason why the ancients did not readily give utterance to their words, was that they feared lest their actions should not come up to them."

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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