【原文】

子曰： 〝君子成人之美，不成人之惡。小人反是。〞

【參考譯文】

孔子說：〝君子成全別人的好事，不去促成別人的壞事。小人與此相反。〞

【English Translation】

Confucius said: "A gentleman helps others fulfill good deeds and never helps them to do bad. A petty man does just the opposite. "

【原文】

季康子問政於孔子，孔子對曰：〝政者，正也。子師以正，孰敢不正？〞

【參考譯文】

季康子向孔子詢問政務，孔子說：〝所謂政就是端正。您自己行為端正作表率，誰敢不端正呢？〞

【English Translation】

Ji Kang Zi asked Confucius about the way to govern. 

Confucius answered: "To govern means to be upright. If you lead the people justly, who will dare not to be upright? "

【原文】

季康子患盜，向於孔子。孔子對曰：〝苟子之不欲，雖賞之不竊。〞

【參考譯文】

季康子擔憂盜賊太多，向孔子請教。孔子回答說：〝如果您不貪求太多的財貨，就是奬勵盜竊，也沒人會去偷盜的。〞

【English Translation】

Ji Kang Zi was worried that there were too many thieves and consulted Confucius about it. Confucius replied: "If you had not been greedy and had not accumulated so much wealth, even if a burglar is rewarded to rob you, he wouldn’t do it. "