1. 法语之言，能无从乎？改之为贵。提手与之言，能无说乎？绎之为贵。说而不绎，从而不改，吾末如之何也已矣。

1. Can one not find words in French? It is valuable to change them. Can one not find things to say when talking with one's hand? It is valuable to elaborate on them. To say but not elaborate, to follow but not change, what can I do about it already?

2. 所谓诚其意者，毋自欺也，如恶恶臭，如好好色，此之谓自谦，故君子必慎其独也。

2. What is meant by sincerely intending is not to deceive oneself. As one dislikes foul smells and appreciates beautiful things, this is called self-restraint. Therefore, a gentleman must be cautious in his solitude.

3. 不以规距，不能成方圆。不以六律，不能正五音。

3. Without rules and regulations, one cannot achieve a perfect square or circle. Without the six musical pitch standards, one cannot tune the five musical notes correctly.

4. 放于利而行，多怨。求仁而得仁，又何怨。

4. Act for one's own benefit and you will incur many grievances. Seek benevolence and find it, then what grievances could there be?

5. 君子如欲化民成俗，其必由学乎！

5. If a gentleman wishes to transform the people and establish good customs, must he not start with education?

6. 学而时习之，不亦乐乎？?>

6. Is it not joyful to learn and practice what one has learned?

7. 君子食无求饱，居无求安，敏于事而慎于言，就有道而正焉，可谓好学也已。

7. A gentleman does not seek to be satisfied with food, nor does he seek comfort in his residence. He is prompt in his work and cautious in his speech, and he seeks to correct himself by associating with those who have a path of virtue. This can be called a love of learning.

8. 君子莫大乎与人为善。

8. The greatest virtue of a gentleman is to do good to others.

9. 君子坦荡荡，小人常戚戚。

9. A gentleman is open and magnanimous, while a mean person is often worried and anxious.

10. 可与言而不与之言，失人。不可与言而与之言，失言。知者不失人，亦不失言。

10. If you can talk but don't talk, you lose people. If you cannot talk but do talk, you lose your words. A wise person neither loses people nor loses their words.

11. 填然鼓之，兵刃既接，弃甲曳兵而走，或百步而後止，或五十步而後止。以五十步笑百步，则何如？

11. Beat the drums and clash the weapons together; when the fighting begins, some discard their armor and drag their weapons away, stopping after running a hundred steps, or after fifty steps. If you laugh at someone who stops after fifty steps for someone who stops after a hundred, then what?

12. 贼仁者谓之贼，贼义者谓之残。残贼之人谓之一夫。闻诛一夫纣，未闻弑君也。

12. Those who rob benevolence are called robbers, and those who rob righteousness are called cruel. People who are both cruel and robbers are referred to as a single man. I have heard of the execution of a single man, Zhou, but I have never heard of the assassination of a ruler.

13. 已欲立而立人，已欲达而达人。

13. If you wish to establish yourself, help others to be established. If you wish to achieve success, help others to achieve success.

14. 乐民之乐者，民亦乐其乐；忧民之忧者，民亦忧其忧。乐以天下，忧以天下，然而不王者，未之有也。

14. He who delights in the joy of the people will also be delighted in their joy; he who worries about the worries of the people will also worry about their worries. Delight in the happiness of the world, and worry for the world, yet there has never been a ruler who has not done so.

15. 不以规矩，不成方圆。

15. Without rules, nothing can be properly formed or organized.

16. 不患人之不己知，患不知人也。

16. Do not worry about others not knowing you; worry about not knowing others.

17. 夫达也者，质直而好义。察言而观色，虑以下人。

17. Fu Da is one who is straightforward and fond of righteousness. He observes others' words and expressions, and takes into consideration lowering himself before others.

18. 人莫知其子之恶，莫知其苗之硕。

18. No one knows the wickedness of their own child, nor the fullness of their own crop.

19. 诚者，天之道也；思诚者，人之道也。非不能也，是不为也。

19. Sincerity is the way of heaven; seeking sincerity is the way of humanity. It is not that they cannot do it, but that they choose not to.

20. 富而可求也，虽执鞭之士，吾亦为之。如不可求，从吾所好。

20. If wealth can be sought, even if I were to hold a horsewhip, I would do it. If it cannot be sought, I will follow my own preferences.

21. 不义而富且贵，于我如浮云。

21. Rich and honored through injustice, to me, it is like a floating cloud.

22. 人有不为也，而后可以有为也。

22. A person must first do without certain things before they can achieve something.

23. 寡助之至，亲戚畔之，多助之至，天下顺之。

23. When one is in dire need of help, relatives forsake them; when one has abundant help, the whole world follows.

24. 吾日三省吾身。

24. I examine myself three times a day.

25. 鱼，我所欲也，熊掌亦我所欲也；二者不可得兼，舍鱼而取熊掌者也。生亦我所欲也，义亦我所欲也；二者不可得兼，舍生而取义者也。

25. Fish, which I desire, and bear's paw, which I also desire; when both cannot be obtained, one should give up the fish and choose the bear's paw. Life, which I desire, and righteousness, which I also desire; when both cannot be obtained, one should give up life and choose righteousness.

26. 桀纣之失天下也，失其民也；失其民者，失其心也。得天下有道：得其民，斯得天下矣；得其民有道：得其心，斯得民矣；得其心有道：所欲与之聚之，所恶勿施，尔也。

26. The loss of the empire by the kings Jie and Zhou was due to the loss of their people; and the loss of their people was due to the loss of their hearts. There is a way to gain the empire: gain the people, and you will gain the empire; there is a way to gain the people: gain their hearts, and you will gain the people; there is a way to gain their hearts: gather what they desire, and do not impose what they detest, that's it.

27. 知之者不如好之者，好之者不如乐之者。

27. Those who know are not as good as those who love, and those who love are not as good as those who are delighted in it.

28. 权然后知轻重，度然后知长短，物皆然，心为甚。

28. Only after gaining power can one discern what is heavy and what is light; only after measuring can one determine what is long and what is short. This is true for all things, but especially for the heart.

29. 人而无信，不知其可也。大车无輗，小车无軏，其何以行之哉？

29. If a person has no faith, how can one know if they are reliable? If a big cart has no yoke and a small cart has no axle, how can they move forward?

30. 富与贵，是人之所欲也；不以其道，得之不处也。贫与贱，是人之所恶也；不以其道，得之不去也。

30. Riches and honor are what people desire; they will not accept them if they are not obtained through the right means. Poverty and low status are what people dislike; they will not abandon them if they are not obtained through the right means.

31. 知之为知之，不知为不知，是知也。

31. To know what one knows is true knowledge; to acknowledge what one does not know is also knowledge.

32. 夫子循循然善诱人，博我以文，约我以礼。

约译为： 32. The Master is gentle and persuasive in his teaching, using literature to broaden my horizons and propriety to constrain me.

33. 君子有三乐，而王天下不与存焉。父母俱在，兄弟无故，一乐也；仰不愧于天，俯不怍于人，二乐也；得天下英才而教育之，三乐也。

33. A gentleman has three joys, and being the ruler of the world is not one of them. The first joy is that both parents are still alive and there are no misfortunes among the brothers; the second joy is that one can look up to the heavens without shame and look down on people without any awkwardness; the third joy is to acquire talents from all over the world and educate them.

34. 鸟之将死，其鸣也哀；人之将死，其言也善。

34. When a bird is about to die, its cry is sad; when a person is about to die, his words are kind.