11章 先進 (12節)

【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? "

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