【第一章】【一節】顏淵問仁。子曰、克己復禮為仁、一日克己復禮、天下 歸仁焉、為仁由己、而由人乎哉。【二節】顏淵曰、請問其目。子曰、非禮 勿視、非禮勿聽、非禮勿言、非禮勿動。顏淵曰、回雖不敏、請事斯語矣。 CHAP. I. 1. Yen Yuan asked about perfect virtue. The Master said, 'To subdue one's self and return to propriety, is perfect virtue. If a man can for one day subdue himself and return to propriety, all under heaven will ascribe perfect virtue to him. Is the practice of perfect virtue from a man himself, or is it from others?' 2. Yen Yuan said, 'I beg to ask the steps of that process.' The Master replied, 'Look not at what is contrary to propriety; listen not to what is contrary to propriety; speak not what is contrary to propriety; make no movement which is contrary to propriety.' Yen Yuan then said, 'Though I am deficient in intelligence and vigour, I will make it my business to practise this lesson.' 【第二章】仲弓問仁。子曰、出門如見大賓、使民如承大祭、己所不欲、勿 施於人、在邦無怨、在家無怨。仲弓曰、雍雖不敏、請事斯語矣。 【第三章】【一節】司馬牛問仁。【二節】子曰、仁者其言 CHAP. II. Chung-kung asked about perfect virtue. The Master said, 'It is, when you go abroad, to behave to every one as if you were receiving a great guest; to employ the people as if you were assisting at a great sacrifice; not to do to others as you would not wish done to yourself; to have no murmuring against you in the country, and none in the family.' Chung-kung said, 'Though I am deficient in intelligence and vigour, I will make it my business to practise this lesson.' CHAP. III. 1. Sze-ma Niu asked about perfect virtue. 2. The Master said, 'The man of perfect virtue is cautious and slow in his speech.' 也訒。【三節】曰、其言也訒、斯謂之仁矣乎。子曰、為之難、言之得無訒 乎。 【第四章】【一節】司馬牛問君子。子曰、君子不憂不懼。【二節】曰、不 憂不懼、斯謂之君子矣乎。【三節】子曰、內省不疚、夫何憂何懼。 【第五章】【一節】司馬牛憂曰、人皆有兄弟、我獨亡。【二節】子夏 3. 'Cautious and slow in his speech!' said Niu;-- 'is this what is meant by perfect virtue?' The Master said, 'When a man feels the difficulty of doing, can he be other than cautious and slow in speaking?' CHAP. IV. 1. Sze-ma Niu asked about the superior man. The Master said, 'The superior man has neither anxiety nor fear.' 2. 'Being without anxiety or fear!' said Nui;-- 'does this constitute what we call the superior man?' 3. The Master said, 'When internal examination discovers nothing wrong, what is there to be anxious about, what is there to fear?' CHAP. V. 1. Sze-ma Niu, full of anxiety, said, 'Other men all have their brothers, I only have not.' 2. Tsze-hsia said to him, 'There is the following saying which I have heard:--