【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? "