子路问君子，子曰，修己以敬。曰，如斯而已乎。曰，修己以安人，曰，如斯而已乎。曰，修己以安百姓。修己以安百姓，尧舜其犹病诸。
Modern Chinese Guide
子路问怎样才算君子。孔子说：以恭敬认真的态度修养自己。子路说：这样就够了吗？孔子说：修养自己来使身边的人安乐。子路说：这样就够了吗？孔子说：修养自己来使百姓安乐。修养自己来使百姓安乐，尧舜大概都还难以完全做到呢！
James Legge Translation
Tsze-lu asked what constituted the superior man. The Master said, "The cultivation of himself in reverential carefulness." "And is this all?" said Tsze-lu. "He cultivates himself so as to give rest to others," was the reply. "And is this all?" again asked Tsze-lu. The Master said, "He cultivates himself so as to give rest to all the people. He cultivates himself so as to give rest to all the people:—even Yao and Shun were still solicitous about this."
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。