子zǐ禽qín问wèn于yú子zǐ贡gòng曰yuē，夫fū子zǐ至zhì于yú是shì邦bāng也yě，必bì闻wén其qí政zhèng，求qiú之zhī与yú，抑yì与yǔ之zhī与yú。子zǐ贡gòng曰yuē，夫fū子zǐ温wēn，良liáng，恭gōng，俭jiǎn，让ràng，以yǐ得dé之zhī，夫fū子zǐ之zhī求qiú之zhī也yě，其qí诸zhū异yì乎hū人rén之zhī求qiú之zhī与yú。

James Legge 英译

1. Tsze-ch'in asked Tsze-kung, saying, "When our master comes to any country, he does not fail to learn all about its government. Does he ask his information? or is it given to him?" 2. Tsze-kung said, "Our master is benign, upright, courteous, temperate, and complaisant, and thus he gets his information. The master's mode of asking information!—is it not different from that of other men?"

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。