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季jì子zǐ然rán问wèn仲zhòng由yóu冉rǎn求qiú，可kě谓wèi大dà臣chén与yú。子zǐ曰yuē，吾wú以yǐ子zǐ为wéi异yì之zhī问wèn，曾zēng由yóu与yǔ求qiú之zhī问wèn。所suǒ谓wèi大dà臣chén者zhě，以yǐ道dào事shì君jūn，不bù可kě则zé止zhǐ。今jīn由yóu与yǔ求qiú也yě，可kě谓wèi具jù臣chén矣yǐ。曰yuē，然rán则zé从cóng之zhī者zhě与yú。子zǐ曰yuē，弑shì父fù与yǔ君jūn，亦yì不bù从cóng也yě。

Modern Chinese Guide

季子然问：仲由、冉求可以算是大臣吗？孔子说：我以为你要问别人，原来是问仲由和冉求呀。所谓大臣，是能用正道来侍奉君主，行不通就辞职不干。如今仲由和冉求，只能算是充数的臣子罢了。季子然说：那么他们是事事顺从的人吗？孔子说：如果是杀父亲、杀君主这样的事，他们也是不会顺从的。

James Legge Translation

1. Chi Tsze-zan asked whether Chung Yu and Zan Ch'iu could be called great ministers. 2. The Master said, "I thought you would ask about some extraordinary individuals, and you only ask about Yu and Ch'iu! 3. "What is called a great minister, is one who serves his prince according to what is right, and when he finds he cannot do so, retires. 4. "Now, as to Yu and Ch'iu, they may be called ordinary ministers." 5. Tsze-zan said, "Then they will always follow their chief;—will they?" 6. The Master said, "In an act of parricide or regicide, they would not follow him."

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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