【十六章】子曰、君子成人之美、不成人之惡、小人反是。 【十七章】李康子問政於孔子。孔子對曰、政者正也、子帥以正、孰敢不正。 李康子患盜、問於孔子。孔子對曰、苟子之不欲、雖賞之不竊。 【十九章】李康子問政於孔子、曰、如殺無道、以就有道、何如。 CHAP. XVI. The Master said, 'The superior man seeks to perfect the admirable qualities of men, and does not seek to perfect their bad qualities. The mean man does the opposite of this.' CHAP. XVII. Chi K'ang asked Confucius about government. Confucius replied, 'To govern means to rectify. If you lead on the people with correctness, who will dare not to be correct?' CHAP. XVIII. Chi K'ang, distressed about the number of thieves in the state, inquired of Confucius how to do away with them. Confucius said, 'If you, sir, were not covetous, although you should reward them to do it, they would not steal.' CHAP. XIX. Chi K'ang asked Confucius about government, saying, 'What do you say to killing the unprincipled for the good of the principled?' Confucius replied, 'Sir, in carrying on your government, why should you use killing at all? Let your evinced desires be for what is good, and the people will be good. The relation
孔子對曰、子為政、焉用殺、子欲善、而民善矣、君子之德風、小人之德草、 草上之風必偃。 【二十章】【一節】子張問士何如、斯可謂之達矣。【二節】子曰、何哉、 爾所謂達者。【三節】子張對曰、在邦必聞、在家必聞。【四節】子曰、是 聞也、非達也。【五節】夫達也者、質直而好義、察言而觀色、慮以下人、 在邦必達、在家必達。【六節】夫聞也者、色取仁而行 between superiors and inferiors, is like that between the wind and the grass. The grass must bend, when the wind blows across it.' CHAP. XX. 1. Tsze-chang asked, 'What must the officer be, who may be said to be distinguished?' 2. The Master said, 'What is it you call being distinguished?' 3. Tsze-chang replied, 'It is to be heard of through the State, to be heard of throughout his clan.' 4. The Master said, 'That is notoriety, not distinction. 5. 'Now the man of distinction is solid and straightforward, and loves righteousness. He examines people's words, and looks at their countenances. He is anxious to humble himself to others. Such a man will be distinguished in the country; he will be distinguished in his clan. 6. 'As to the man of notoriety, he assumes the appearance of
違、居之不疑、在邦必聞、在家必聞。 【廿一章】【一節】樊遲從遊於舞雩之下。曰、敢問崇德、修慝、辨惑。子 曰、善哉問。【三節】先事後得、非崇德與、攻其惡、無攻人之惡、非修慝 與、一朝之忿、忘其身以及其親、非惑與。 【廿二章】【一節】樊遲問仁。子曰、愛人。問 virtue, but his actions are opposed to it, and he rests in this character without any doubts about himself. Such a man will be heard of in the country; he will be heard of in the clan.' CHAP. XXI. 1. Fan Ch'ih rambling with the Master under the trees about the rain altars, said, 'I venture to ask how to exalt virtue, to correct cherished evil, and to discover delusions.' 2. The Master said, 'Truly a good question! 3. 'If doing what is to be done be made the first business, and success a secondary consideration;-- is not this the way to exalt virtue? To assail one's own wickedness and not assail that of others;-- is not this the way to correct cherished evil? For a morning's anger to disregard one's own life, and involve that of his parents;-- is not this a case of delusion?' CHAP. XXII. 1. Fan Ch'ih asked about benevolence. The Master said, 'It is to love all men.' He asked about knowledge. The Master said, 'It is to know all men.'
