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Tsai Yu being asleep during the daytime, the Master said, "Rotten wood cannot be carved; a wall of dirty earth will not receive the trowel.
宰予昼寝，子曰：“朽木不可雕也，粪土之墙不可杇也，
This Yu,-what is the use of my reproving him?"
于予与何诛？”
The Master said, "At first, my way with men was to hear their words, and give them credit for their conduct.
子曰：“始吾于人也，听其言而信其行；
Now my way is to hear their words, and look at their conduct. It is from Yu that I have learned to make this change."
今吾于人也，听其言而观其行。于予与改是。”
The Master said, "I have not seen a firm and unbending man."
子曰：“吾未见刚者。”
Some one replied, "There is Shan Ch'ang."
或对曰：“申枨。”
"Ch'ang," said the Master, "is under the influence of his passions; how can he be pronounced firm and unbending?"
子曰：“枨也欲，焉得刚。”
Tsze-kung said, "What I do not wish men to do to me, I also wish not to do to men."
子贡曰：“我不欲人之加诸我也，吾亦欲无加诸人。”
The Master said, "Ts'ze, you have not attained to that."
子曰：“赐也，非尔所及也。”
Tsze-kung said, "The Master's personal displays of his principles and ordinary descriptions of them may be heard.
子贡曰：“夫子之文章，可得而闻也；
His discourses about man's nature, and the way of Heaven, cannot be heard."
夫子之言性与天道，不可得而闻也。”
When Tsze-lu heard anything, if he had not yet succeeded in carrying it into practice, he was only afraid lest he should hear something else.
子路有闻，未之能行，唯恐有闻。
Tsze-kung asked, saying, "On what ground did Kung-wan get that title of Wan?"
子贡问曰：“孔文子何以谓之文也？”
The Master said, "He was of an active nature and yet fond of learning, and he was not ashamed to ask and learn of his inferiors!
子曰：“敏而好学，不耻下问，
On these grounds he has been styled Wan."
是以谓之文也。”
