子张问明。子曰，浸润之谮，肤受之愬，不行焉，可谓明也已矣，浸润之谮，肤受之愬，不行焉，可谓远也已矣。
Modern Chinese Guide
子张请教怎样才算明智。孔子说：像水一样一点一滴渗透进来的谗言，像切肤之痛般迫切的诬告，在你这里都行不通，就可以算是明智了。像水一样渗透的谗言，像切肤之痛的诬告，在你这里都行不通，就可以算是有远见了。
James Legge Translation
Tsze-chang asked what constituted intelligence. The Master said, "He with whom neither slander that gradually soaks into the mind, nor statements that startle like a wound in the flesh, are successful, may be called intelligent indeed. Yea, he with whom neither soaking slander, nor startling statements, are successful, may be called farseeing."
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。