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。

Modern Chinese Guide

有子说：礼的作用，以和谐为可贵。古代圣王的治道，美好之处正在这里；大小事情都由此而行。不过只知道和谐而为和谐，不用礼来节制，也是不行的。

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。

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