【十五章】子曰、飯疏食飲水、曲肱而枕之、樂亦在其中矣、不義而富且貴、 於我如浮雲。 【十六章】子曰、加我數年、五十以學易、可以無大過矣。 【十七章】子所雅言、詩､書､執禮、皆雅言也。 CHAP. XV. The Master said, 'With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bended arm for a pillow;-- I have still joy in the midst of these things. Riches and honours acquired by unrighteousness, are to me as a floating cloud.' CHAP. XVI. The Master said, 'If some years were added to my life, I would give fifty to the study of the Yi, and then I might come to be without great faults.' CHAP. XVII The Master's frequent themes of discourse were-- the Odes, the History, and the maintenance of the Rules of Propriety. On all these he frequently discoursed. 【十八章】【一節】葉公問孔子於子路、子路不對。【二節】子曰、女奚不 曰、其為人也、發憤忘食、樂以忘憂、不知老之將至云爾。 【十九章】子曰、我非生而知之者、好古、敏以求之者也。 【二十章】子不語、怪、力、亂、神。 CHAP. XVIII. 1. The Duke of Sheh asked Tsze-lu about Confucius, and Tsze-lu did not answer him. 2. The Master said, 'Why did you not say to him,-- He is simply a man, who in his eager pursuit (of knowledge) forgets his food, who in the joy of its attainment forgets his sorrows, and who does not perceive that old age is coming on?' CHAP. XIX. The Master said, 'I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there.' CHAP. XX. The subjects on which the Master did not talk, were-- extraordinary things, feats of strength, disorder, and spiritual beings. 【廿一章】子曰、三人行、必有我師焉、擇其善者而從之、其不善者而改之。 【廿二章】子曰、天生德於予、桓魋其如予何。 【廿三章】子曰、二三子、以我為隱乎、吾無隱乎爾、吾無行而不與二三子 者、是丘也、 【廿四章】子以四教、文、行、忠、信。 CHAP. XXI. The Master said, 'When I walk along with two others, they may serve me as my teachers. I will select their good qualities and follow them, their bad qualities and avoid them.' CHAP. XXII. The Master said, 'Heaven produced the virtue that is in me. Hwan T'ui-- what can he do to me?' CHAP. XXIII. The Master said, 'Do you think, my disciples, that I have any concealments? I conceal nothing from you. There is nothing which I do that is not shown to you, my disciples;-- that is my way.' CHAP. XXIV. There were four things which the Master taught,-- letters, ethics, devotion of soul, and truthfulness.