齐景公待孔子，曰，若季氏，则吾不能，以季孟之闲待之。曰，吾老矣，不能用也。孔子行。
Modern Chinese Guide
齐景公谈到对待孔子的礼遇，说：像鲁君对待季氏那样，我做不到，我用介于季氏和孟氏之间的规格来对待他。后来又说：我老了，不能任用他了。孔子于是离开了齐国。
James Legge Translation
The duke Ching of Ch'i, with reference to the manner in which he should treat Confucius, said, "I cannot treat him as I would the chief of the Chi family. I will treat him in a manner between that accorded to the chief of the Chi, and that given to the chief of the Mang family." He also said, "I am old; I cannot use his doctrines." Confucius took his departure.
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。