曾子有疾，召门弟子曰，启予足，启予手，诗云，战战兢兢，如临深渊，如履薄冰，而今而后，吾知免夫，小子。
Modern Chinese Guide
曾子病重，把学生们叫到跟前说：看看我的脚，看看我的手，有没有损伤。《诗经》上说：小心谨慎啊，就像面临深渊，就像脚踏薄冰。从今以后，我知道自己可以免于损伤身体了，学生们啊。
James Legge Translation
The philosopher Tsang being ill, he called to him the disciples of his school, and said, "Uncover my feet, uncover my hands. It is said in the Book of Poetry, 'We should be apprehensive and cautious, as if on the brink of a deep gulf, as if treading on thin ice,' and so have I been. Now and hereafter, I know my escape from all injury to my person, O ye, my little children."
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。