樊fán迟chí从cóng游yóu于yú舞wǔ雩yú之zhī下xià。曰yuē，敢gǎn问wèn崇chóng德dé，修xiū慝tè，辨biàn惑huò。子zǐ曰yuē，善shàn哉zāi问wèn。先xiān事shì后hòu得dé，非fēi崇chóng德dé与yú，攻gōng其qí恶è，无wú攻gōng人rén之zhī恶è，非fēi修xiū慝tè与yú，一yì朝zhāo之zhī忿fèn，忘wàng其qí身shēn以yǐ及jí其qí亲qīn，非fēi惑huò与yú。

James Legge Translation

1. Fan Ch'ih rambling with the Master under the trees about the rain altars, said, "I venture to ask how to exalt virtue, to correct cherished evil, and to discover delusions." 2. The Master said, "Truly a good question! 3. "If doing what is to be done be made the first business, and success a secondary consideration;—is not this the way to exalt virtue? To assail one's own wickedness and not assail that of others;—is not this the way to correct cherished evil? For a morning's anger to disregard one's own life, and involve that of his parents;—is not this a case of delusion?"

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。