子曰，不得中行而与之，必也狂狷乎，狂者进取，狷者有所不为也。
Modern Chinese Guide
孔子说：找不到言行合乎中庸之道的人来交往，那一定要找到狂放和狷介的人吧。狂放的人勇于进取，狷介的人有所不为。
James Legge Translation
The Master said, "Since I cannot get men pursuing the due medium, to whom I might communicate my instructions, I must find the ardent and the cautiously-decided. The ardent will advance and lay hold of truth; the cautiously-decided will keep themselves from what is wrong."
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。