子zǐ畏wèi于yú匡kuāng。曰yuē，文wén王wáng既jì没mò，文wén不bú在zài兹zī乎hū。天tiān之zhī将jiāng丧sàng斯sī文wén也yě，后hòu死sǐ者zhě不bù得dé与yù于yú斯sī文wén也yě，天tiān之zhī未wèi丧sàng斯sī文wén也yě，匡kuāng人rén其qí如rú予yú何hé。

James Legge 英译

1. The Master was put in fear in K'wang. 2. He said, "After the death of King Wan, was not the cause of truth lodged here in me? 3. "If Heaven had wished to let this cause of truth perish, then I, a future mortal, should not have got such a relation to that cause. While Heaven does not let the cause of truth perish, what can the people of K'wang do to me?"

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。