子zǐ贡gòng曰yuē贫pín，而ér无wú谄chǎn，富fù而ér无wú骄jiāo，何hé如rú。子zǐ曰yuē，可kě也yě，未wèi若ruò贫pín而ér乐lè，富fù而ér好hào礼lǐ者zhě也yě。子zǐ贡gòng曰yuē，诗shī云yún，如rú切qiē如rú磋cuō，如rú琢zhuó如rú磨mó，其qí斯sī之zhī谓wèi与yú。子zǐ曰yuē，赐cì也yě，始shǐ可kě与yǔ言yán诗shī已yǐ矣yǐ，吿gào诸zhū往wǎng而ér知zhī来lái者zhě。

James Legge Translation

1. Tsze-kung said, "What do you pronounce concerning the poor man who yet does not flatter, and the rich man who is not proud?" The Master replied, "They will do; but they are not equal to him, who, though poor, is yet cheerful, and to him, who, though rich, loves the rules of propriety." 2. Tsze-kung replied, "It is said in the Book of Poetry, 'As you cut and then file, as you carve and then polish.'—The meaning is the same, I apprehend, as that which you have just expressed." 3. The Master said, "With one like Ts'ze, I can begin to talk about the odes. I told him one point, and he knew its proper sequence."

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。