【原文】

季路问事鬼神。子曰：〝未能事人，焉能事鬼！〞曰：〝敢问死。〞曰：〝未知生，焉知死。〞

【參考译文】

季路向老师询问事奉鬼神的方法。孔子说：〝人还没事奉好，怎能事奉鬼神？〞季路又问：〝请问怎样看待死？〞孔子说：〝还没了解生，怎么了解死？〞

【English Translation】

Ji Lu asked about the ghosts and the spirits. Confucius answered: "How can one serve the spirits when one has not learned to serve the people? "

                Ji Lu continued to ask: "Forgive my impudence, but what is death? "

                Confucius answered: "If one cannot understand life, how could one understand death? "

【原文】

子张问善人之道，子曰：〝不践迹，亦不入于室。〞

【參考譯文】

子张询问怎样做才能成为好人， 孔子说：〝好人不必走别人走过的路，学问也不必达到高深的境界。〞

【English Translation】

"Zi Zhang asked about the way of a virtuous person.

Confucius said: "The virtuous does not need to follow the path of others and does not need to have great learning or know the laws of morality.”

【原文】

子曰：〝论笃是与，君子者乎？色庄者乎？〞

【參考譯文】

孔子说：〝说话诚实的人就该赞扬，但要区分他究竟是君子呢？还是装作庄重的人呢？〞

【English Translation】

"Confucius said: "Before praising people with earnest arguments, examine closely to see if they are really proper gentlemen or if everything is just a pretence. "