孔kǒng子zǐ曰yuē，见jiàn善shàn如rú不bù及jí，见jiàn不bú善shàn如rú探tàn汤tāng。吾wú见jiàn其qí人rén矣yǐ，吾wú闻wén其qí语yǔ矣yǐ。隐yǐn居jū以yǐ成qiú其qí志zhì，行xíng义yì以yǐ达dá其qí道dào。吾wú闻wén其qí语yǔ矣yǐ，未wèi见jiàn其qí人rén也yě。

James Legge 英译

1. Confucius said, "Contemplating good, and pursuing it, as if they could not reach it; contemplating evil, and shrinking from it, as they would from thrusting the hand into boiling water:—I have seen such men, as I have heard such words. 2. "Living in retirement to study their aims, and practising

译注：James Legge 公版英译，1893 年原版。

注释

• 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。