子贡问曰，乡人皆好之，何如。子曰，未可也。乡人皆恶之，何如。子曰，未可也。不如乡人之善者好之，其不善者恶之。
白话导读
子贡问道：全乡的人都喜欢他，这个人怎么样？孔子说：还不能肯定。子贡又问：全乡的人都厌恶他，这个人怎么样？孔子说：也还不能肯定。最好是全乡的好人喜欢他，全乡的坏人厌恶他。
James Legge 英译
Tsze-kung asked, saying, "What do you say of a man who is loved by all the people of his neighborhood?" The Master replied, "We may not for that accord our approval of him." "And what do you say of him who is hated by all the people of his neighborhood?" The Master said, "We may not for that conclude that he is bad. It is better than either of these cases that the good in the neighborhood love him, and the bad hate him."
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。
- 白话参考底本：《白话论语读本》，张兆瑢、沈元起编译，上海广益书局1948 年新三版。