【原文】

季路問事鬼神。子曰：〝未能事人，焉能事鬼！〞曰：〝敢問死。〞曰：〝未知生，焉知死。〞

【參考譯文】

季路向老師詢問事奉鬼神的方法。孔子說：〝人還沒事奉好，怎能事奉鬼神？〞季路又問：〝請問怎樣看待死？〞孔子說：〝還沒瞭解生，怎麼瞭解死？〞

【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】

子張問善人之道，子曰：〝不踐跡，亦不入於室。〞

【參考譯文】

子張詢問怎樣做才能成為好人， 孔子說：〝好人不必走別人走過的路，學問也不必達到高深的境界。〞

【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：〝論篤是與，君子者乎？色莊者乎？〞

【參考譯文】

孔子說：〝說話誠實的人就該讚揚，但要區分他究竟是君子呢？還是裝作莊重的人呢？〞

【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. "