漢玉精雕 《論語》選

11．12季路問事鬼神。孔子曰：“未能事人，焉能事鬼?”

曰：“敢問死。”

季路問如何侍奉鬼神。孔先生說：“還不會侍奉人呢．哪里會侍奉鬼?”

季路說：“恕我斗膽問一下關于人死之后的事。”

Zilu asked how he could serve spirits anddeities. Master Confucius said: \"You are notyet able to serve living people， how can youserve spirits and deities?\"

\"May I be so bold as to ask about theafterlife?\" said Zilu.

曰：“未知生，焉知死?”

11．16子貢問：“師與商也孰賢?”

子曰：“師也，過；商也，不及。”

孔先生說：“今生的事還不知道呢，哪里知道死后的事?”

子貢問：“顓孫師和卜商這兩個人，誰學得好?”

先生說：“師嘛，過了頭；商呢，還不夠。”

\"You don't yet understand this life， howcan you understand the afterlife?\" said MasterConfucius.

Zigong asked， \"Between Shi and Shang，which one of them is a better student?\"

\"As for Shi，\" said the Master， \"he tendsto overshoot the mark; as for Shang， he tendsto not reach the right point at all.\"

曰：“然則師也縋與?”

子曰：“過猶不及也加。”

11．17季氏富于周公，而求也為之聚斂而附益之。子曰：“非吾徒也。小子鳴鼓而攻之，可也。”

子貢問：”那么，是師更好了?”

先生說：“過頭與不夠是一樣的。”

季孫家族比周王朝的公侯還富有，而再求呢，卻為他征收賦稅，增添財富。先生說：“他不再是我的門徒了，弟子們敲著鼓攻擊他都可以。”

\"In that case， it is Shi who is better， isn't it?\"said Zigong.

\"Going beyond the right point is the same asnot reaching it，\" replied the Master.

The Ji clan was even wealthier than a Zhouduke， and yet Ran Qiu helped them impose a landtax and add further to that wealth. The Mastersaid， \"He is no longer a disciple of mine. You，my students， have my permission to sound thedrum and attack him.\"