子曰，可与共学，未可与适道，可与适道，未可与立，可与立，未可与权。
Modern Chinese Guide
孔子说：可以同他一起学习的人，未必可以同他一起追求道；可以同他一起追求道的人，未必可以同他一起坚守道；可以同他一起坚守道的人，未必可以同他一起通权达变。
James Legge Translation
The Master said, "There are some with whom we may study in common, but we shall find them unable to go along with us to principles. Perhaps we may go on with them to principles, but we shall find them unable to get established in those along with us. Or if we may get so established along with them, we shall find them unable to weigh occurring events along with us."
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。