有yǒu子zǐ曰yuē，礼lǐ之zhī用yòng，和hé为wéi贵guì，先xiān王wáng之zhī道dào，斯sī为wéi美měi，小xiǎo大dà由yóu之zhī。有yǒu所suǒ不bù行xíng，知zhī和hé而ér和hé，不bù以yǐ礼lǐ节jié之zhī，亦yì不bù可kě行xíng也yě。

James Legge Translation

1. The philosopher Yu said, "In practising the rules of propriety, a natural ease is to be prized. In the ways prescribed by the ancient kings, this is the excellent quality, and in things small and great we follow them. 2. "Yet it is not to be observed in all cases. If one, knowing how such ease should be prized, manifests it, without regulating it by the rules of propriety, this likewise is not to be done."

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。