公冶长第五 5-25

守中阁

简体：

颜渊、季路侍。子曰：“盍各言尔志。”子路曰：“愿马，衣轻裘。与朋友共，敝之而无憾。”颜渊曰：“愿无伐善，无施劳。”子路曰：“愿闻子之志。”子曰：“老者安之朋友信之，少者怀之。”

繁体：

顏淵、季路侍。子曰：“盍各言爾志。”子路曰：“願馬，衣輕裘。與朋友共，敝之而無憾。”顏淵曰：“願無伐善，無施勞。”子路曰：“願聞子之志。”子曰：“老者安之朋友信之，少者懷之。”

英译：

On one occasion, when two of his disciples, the favourite Yen Hui and Chung Yu the intrepid,were in attendance on him, Confucius said to them: “Now tell me each of you,your aim in the conduct of life."
“I would like, ”answered the intrepid Chung Yu,“if I had carriages and horses and clothings of costly furs,to share them with my friends, to be able to consider such things as much belonging to them as belonging to me.”
“And I,”answered the favourite Yen Hui,“I would like to be able not to boast of my ability and to be able to be humble in my estimate of what I have done for others.”
“Now,”said the intrepid Chung Yu then to Confucius,“we would like to hear your aim, sir,in the conduct of life.”
“My aim,”replied Confucius, “would be to be a com-fort to my old folk at home;to be sincere,and to be found trustworthy by my friends;and to love and care for my young people at home."

藕益：

子路忘物，颜子忘善，圣人忘己。忘己，故以“安”还老者，“信”还朋友，“怀”还少者。