子zǐ游yóu为wéi武wǔ城chéng宰zǎi，子zǐ曰yuē，女rǔ得dé人rén焉yān耳ěr乎hū。曰yuē，有yǒu澹tán台tái灭miè明míng者zhě，行xíng不bù由yóu径jìng，非fēi公gōng事shì，未wèi尝cháng至zhì于yú偃yǎn之zhī室shì也yě。

James Legge 英译

Tsze-yu being governor of Wu-ch'ang, the Master said to him, "Have you got good men there?" He answered, "There is Tan-t'ai Mieh-ming, who never in walking takes a short cut, and never comes to my office, excepting on public business."

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。