14.1  Yuan Si¹ said: When one has avoided aggressiveness, pride, resentment, and greed, he may be called a man of humanity.

Master Kong said: This may be considered as having done what is difficult, but I do not know that it is to be regarded as humanity.

「克、伐、怨、欲不行焉，可以為仁矣？」子曰：「可以為難矣，仁則吾不知也。」

14.23  Master Kong said: The superior man understands the higher things [moral principles]; the inferior man understands the lower things [profit].

子曰：「君子上達，小人下達。」

14.27  Master Kong said: The superior man is ashamed that his  words exceed his deeds.

子曰：「君子恥其言而過其行。」

14.28  Master Kong said: The way of the superior man is threefold, but I have not been able to attain it. The man of wisdom has no perplexities; the man of humanity has no worry; the man of courage has no fear.

Zigong said: You are talking about yourself.

子曰：「君子道者三，我無能焉：仁者不憂，知者不惑，勇者不懼。」子貢曰：「夫子自道也。」

14.31  Master Kong said: He who does not anticipate attempts to deceive him nor predict his being distrusted, and yet is the first to know [when these things occur], is a worthy man.

子曰：「不逆詐，不億不信。抑亦先覺者，是賢乎！」

14.34  Someone said: What do you think of repaying hatred with virtue?

Master Kong said: In that case what are you going to repay virtue with? Rather, repay hatred with uprightness and repay virtue with virtue.

或曰：「以德報怨，何如？」子曰：「何以報德？以直報怨，以德報德。」

14.35  Master Kong said: Alas! No one knows me!

Zigong said: Why is there no one that knows you?

Kongzi said: I do not complain against Heaven. I do not blame men. I study things on the lower level but my understanding penetrates the higher level. It is Heaven that knows me.

子曰：「莫我知也夫！」子貢曰：「何為其莫知子也？」子曰：「不怨天，不尤人。下學而上達。知我者，其天乎！」

14:38  When Zilu was stopping at the Stone Gate² for the night, the gate-keeper asked him: Where are you from?

Zilu said: From Kong House.

Oh, is he the one who knows a thing cannot be done and still wants to do it?

子路宿於石門。晨門曰：「奚自？」子路曰：「自孔氏。」曰：「是知其不可而為之者與？」

14.42  Zilu asked about the superior man (junzi 君子).

Master Kong said: The superior man is one who cultivates himself with seriousness (jing 敬).

Zilu said: Is that all?

Kongzi said: He cultivates himself so as to give the common people security and peace.

Zilu said: Is that all?

Kongzi said: He cultivates himself so as to give all people security and peace. To cultivate oneself so as to give all people security and peace, even Yao and Shun found it difficult to do.

子路問君子。子曰：「脩己以敬。」曰：「如斯而已乎？」曰：「脩己以安人。」曰：「如斯而已乎？」曰：「脩己以安百姓。脩己以安百姓，堯舜其猶病諸！」