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子zǐ曰yuē，鄙bǐ夫fū，可kě与yǔ事shì君jūn也yě与yú哉zāi。其qí未wèi得dé之zhī也yě，患huàn得dé之zhī，既jì得dé之zhī，患huàn失shī之zhī。苟gǒu患huàn失shī之zhī，无wú所suǒ不bú至zhì矣yǐ。

Modern Chinese Guide

孔子说：能和那些庸俗浅陋的人一起侍奉君主吗？他们在没有得到官位时，总担心得不到；已经得到了，又担心失去。如果一味担心失去官位，那就什么坏事都做得出来了。

James Legge Translation

1. The Master said, "There are those mean creatures! How impossible it is along with them to serve one's prince! 2. "While they have not got their aims, their anxiety is how to get them. When they have got them, their anxiety is lest they should lose them. 3. "When they are anxious lest such things should be lost, there is nothing to which they will not proceed."

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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