8.5 Zengzi said, “Gifted with ability, yet asking those without ability; possessing much, yet asking those with little; having, yet seeming not to have; full, yet seeming empty; offended, yet not contesting. I once had a friend who devoted himself to these ways.”

曾子曰：「以能問於不能，以多問於寡；有若無，實若虛；犯而不校。昔者吾友嘗從事於斯矣。」

8.6 Zengzi said, “Suppose there is a man who can be entrusted with a young orphan, can be given authority over a state of a hundred li, and who in the face of a great emergency cannot be robbed of his integrity. Is such a man a noble person? He is a noble person indeed.”

曾子曰：「可以託六尺之孤，可以寄百里之命，臨大節而不可奪也。君子人與？君子人也。」

8.7 Zengzi said, “An officer must be broad and resolute. His burden is heavy and his course is long. Humanity is the burden that he takes upon himself—is it not heavy? Only with death does his course stop—is it not long?”

曾子曰：「士不可以不弘毅，任重而道遠。仁以為己任，不亦重乎？死而後已，不亦遠乎？」

8.8 Master Kong said, “Let a man be stimulated by the Odes, established by ritual, and perfected by music.”

子曰：「興於詩，立於禮。成於樂。」

8.9 Master Kong said, “The people can be made to follow the Way, but cannot be made to understand it.”

子曰：「民可使由之，不可使知之。」

8.13 Master Kong said, “Stand firm in faith and love learning. Hold fast unto death and make the Way good. Do not enter a tottering state, nor dwell in a disordered one. When the Way prevails in the world, then show yourself; when it does not prevail, then hide. When the Way prevails in a state, to be poor and of humble station is cause for shame. When the Way does not prevail in a state, to be wealthy and honored is cause for shame.”

子曰：「篤信好學，守死善道。危邦不入，亂邦不居。天下有道則見，無道則隱。邦有道，貧且賤焉，恥也；邦無道，富且貴焉，恥也。」

8.14 Master Kong said, “He who does not hold a particular office does not deliberate on its policies.”

子曰：「不在其位，不謀其政。」