柳下惠为士师，三黜。人曰，子未可以去乎。曰，直道而事人，焉往而不三黜。枉道而事人，何必去父母之邦。
白话导读
柳下惠做掌管刑狱的官，三次被罢免。有人对他说：您不可以离开鲁国吗？柳下惠说：按正道去事奉人，到哪里去不会被多次罢免呢？如果不按正道去事奉人，又何必一定要离开自己的祖国呢？
James Legge 英译
Hui of Liu-hsia being chief criminal judge, was thrice dismissed from his office. Some one said to him, "Is it not yet time for you, sir, to leave this?" He replied, "Serving men in an upright way, where shall I go to, and not experience such a thrice-repeated
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。