司sī马mǎ牛niú问wèn君jūn子zǐ。子zǐ曰yuē，君jūn子zǐ不bù忧yōu不bú惧jù。曰yuē，不bù忧yōu不bú惧jù，斯sī谓wèi之zhī君jūn子zǐ矣yǐ乎hū。子zǐ曰yuē，内nèi省xǐng不bú疚jiù，夫fú何hé忧yōu何hé惧jù。

Modern Chinese Guide

司马牛请教怎样才算君子。孔子说：君子不忧愁，不畏惧。司马牛说：不忧愁，不畏惧，这就叫作君子了吗？孔子说：自我反省而问心无愧，那还有什么可忧愁、可畏惧的呢？

James Legge Translation

1. Sze-ma Niu asked about the superior man. The Master said, "The superior man has neither anxiety nor fear." 2. "Being without anxiety or fear!" said Nui;—"does this constitute what we call the superior man?" 3. The Master said, "When internal examination discovers nothing wrong, what is there to be anxious about, what is there to fear?"

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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