子zǐ曰yuē，如rú有yǒu周zhōu公gōng之zhī才cái之zhī美měi，使shǐ骄jiāo且qiě吝lìn，其qí余yú不bù足zú观guān也yě已yǐ。

Modern Chinese Guide

孔子说：一个人即使有周公那样美好的才能，如果他骄傲又吝啬，那其余方面也就不值得一看了。

James Legge Translation

The Master said, "Though a man have abilities as admirable as those of the Duke of Chau, yet if he be proud and niggardly, those other things are really not worth being looked at."

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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