A disciple of Confucius remarked, “A gentleman in presence of danger should be ready to give up his life; in view of personal advantage,he should think of what is right; in worship, he should he devout and serious; in mourning, he should show heartfelt grief: the above is about the sum of the duties of a gentleman.”

孔子的学生子张说：“士人碰到危险的时候，应随时准备牺牲生命；面对利益的时候，应想到是否符合道德要求；在祭祀的时候，应想到严肃认真；在哀悼的时候，应表现出发自内心的悲伤。士人做到这些就可以了。”

（二）
子张曰：“执德不弘，信道不笃，焉能为有？焉能为亡？”

The same disciple remarked, “If a man holds fast to godliness without enlarging his mind; if a man believes in truth, but is notsteadfast in holding to his principles——such a man may as well leave such things alone.”

子张说：“实行美德却不能广为弘扬，只是信仰道却不能坚持，这样的人怎么能说他有美德和信仰，又怎么能说他没有美德和信仰呢？”

（三）
子夏之门人问交于子张。子张曰：“子夏云何？”对曰：“子夏曰：‘可者与之，其不可者拒之。’”子张曰：“异乎吾所闻：君子尊贤而容众，嘉善而矜不能。我之大贤与，于人何所不容？我之不贤与，人将拒我，如之何其拒人也？”

The same disciple was on one occasion asked about friendship by the pupils of one of his fellow disciples. He answered by asking the puplis,“What did your teacher say on the subject?” “Our teacher,” replied the pupils,” said, ‘Those whom you find good, make friends with; those whom you find not good, turn your hack upon.’ ” “That,” replied Confucius' disciple who was asked, “is different from what I have been taught, A wise and good man honours worthy men and is tolerant to all men. He knows how to commend those who excel in anything and make allowance for those who are ignorant. Now, if we ourselves are really worthy, we should be tolerant to all men; but if we ourselves are not worthy. men will turn their backs upon us. How can weturn our backs upon them?”

子夏的学生向子张请教交友的问题。子张说：“你们老师子夏对这个问题是怎么回答的？”学生回答：“老师说，可以交的就和他交朋友，不可以交的就拒绝和他交朋友。”
子张说：“这和我学到的不一样。君子既尊敬圣贤，又能宽容普通人；能称赞各方面都很优秀的人，也能同情能力不够的人。假如我十分优秀，那么我对别人有什么不可容忍的呢？假如我不够优秀，那么大家就会拒绝和我交往，我又何谈拒绝和别人交往 呢？”

（四）
子夏曰：“虽小道，必有可观者焉，致远恐泥，是以君子不为 也。”

A disciple of Confucius remarked. “Even in any small and unimportant branch of an art or accomplishment, there is always something worthy of consideration; but if the attention to it is pushed Too far, it is liable to degenerate into a hobby; for that reason a wise man never occupies himself with it.”
孔子的学生子夏说：“即使是一些细小而无足轻重的技艺，也必定有值得借鉴的地方。但是要想依靠它来实现崇高目标就不现实了，因此君子绝不会迷恋这些东西。”

在新的文明之中，自由者是那种既不需皮鞭警棍，也不需地狱炼火的人，他行为端正是因为他喜欢与人为善；他不做错事，也不是出于卑鄙的动机或因为胆怯，而是因为他讨厌作恶。他循规蹈矩不是因为外在的权威，而是听从于内在的理性和良心的召唤。没有统治者他也能够生存，但无法无道他就活不下去。因此，中国人把这种有教养的先生称为君子。

（五）
子夏曰：“日知其所亡，月无忘其所能，可谓好学也已矣。”

The same disciple of Confucius remarked, “A man who from day to day knows exactly what he has yet to learn and from month to month does not forget what he has learnt, will surely become a man of culture.”
孔子的学生子夏说：“每天都学一些以前不知道的东西，每月都不忘记已经学到的东西，肯定会成为知识渊博的人。”

（六）
子夏曰：“博学而笃志，切问而近思，仁在其中矣。”