子游为武城宰，子曰，女得人焉耳乎。曰，有澹台灭明者，行不由径，非公事，未尝至于偃之室也。
Modern Chinese Guide
子游做武城的长官。孔子说：你在那里得到什么人才了吗？子游说：有个叫澹台灭明的人，走路从不抄小道近路，若不是公事，从来不到我屋里来。
James Legge Translation
Tsze-yu being governor of Wu-ch'ang, the Master said to him, "Have you got good men there?" He answered, "There is Tan-t'ai Mieh-ming, who never in walking takes a short cut, and never comes to my office, excepting on public business."
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。