颜渊第十二
（一）
颜渊问仁。子曰：“克己复礼为仁。一日克己复礼，天下归仁焉。为仁由己，而由人乎哉？”颜渊曰：“请问其目？”子曰：“非礼勿视，非礼勿听，非礼勿言，非礼勿动。“颜渊曰：“回虽不敏，请事斯语矣。”
辜译
A disciple of Confucius, the favourite Yen Hui, enquired what constituted a moral life. Confucius answered，“Renounce yourself and conform to the ideal of decency and good sense.”
“If one could only，”Confucius went on to say，“live a moral life, renouncing himself and conforming to the ideal of decency and good sense for one single day, the world would become moral. To be moral, a man depends entirely upon himself and not upon others.”
The disciple then asked for practical rules to be observed in living a moral life.
Confucius answered，“Whatsoever things are contrary to the ideal of decency and good sense, do not look upon them. Whatsoever things are contrary to the ideal of decency and good sense, do not listen to them, Whatsoever things ate contrary to the ideal of decency and good sense, do not utter them with your mouth.Lastly, let nothing in whatsoever things you do, act or move, be contrary to the ideal of decency and good sense.”
孔子最喜欢的学生颜回问孔子，怎样才是仁德。孔子回答：“抑制自己，一切按照得体而正确的要求（即礼）去做，这就是仁。如果每个人都能做到这一点，那么这个社会就会变得高尚。要想做到仁德，完全取决于自己，而不是别人。”
然后，颜回又问孔子什么是仁德的实际规则。孔子回答：“凡是和得体且正确的要求相违背的事情都不要去看；凡是和得体且正确的要求相违背的事情都不要去听；凡是和得体且正确的要求相违背的事情都不要去说；最后，凡是和得体且正确的要求相违背的事情都不要去做。”
颜回说：“我虽然迟钝，但也要按照您的话去做。”
达朗贝尔评论说，如果古人狄奥根尼仅拥有“体面”，他可能是古代欧洲最伟大的人。
歌德作品中曾写道：
“汝若无成，
汝若无死，
尘世阴森，
汝徒永远羁旅耳。”
希腊人和意大利人关于礼的理想第二部分，正如歌德所说的，其本身就是信仰。
辜解
歌德说：“在世界上有两种平和的力量——正义和得体。”这里所说的正义和得体，正是孔子传授给中国人的良民宗教的精髓所在。尤其这种得体，是中国文明的精髓。中国的“五经”和“四书”，也就是孔子为中华民族保留下来作为文明总纲的书，也教中国人爱正义，要做正义的人，做正义的事，做一个有良好修养的好人。基督教说：“爱人类。”但是孔子说：“爱有良好修养的人类。”
（二）
仲弓问仁。子曰：“出门如见大宾，使民如承大祭；己所不欲，勿施于人；在邦无怨，在家无怨。”仲弓曰：“雍虽不敏，请事斯语矣。”
辜译
Another disciple of Confucius on another occasion asked what constituted a moral life.
Confucius answered，“When going out into the world, behave always as if you were at an audience before the Emperor；in dealing with the people, act as if you were at worship before God. Whatsoever things you do not wish that others should do unto you, do not do unto them.In your public life in the State as well as in your private life in your family, give no one a just cause of complaint against you.”
The disciple then said：“Unworthy and remiss though I am, I shall try to make what you have just said the rule of my life.”
孔子的学生仲弓在另一个场合问孔子，怎样才是仁德。孔子回答：“当出门办事的时候，总是表现得像在帝王面前一样谨慎；和人打交道的时候，表现得像对上帝祈祷一样虔诚（这两句因西化翻译，故和原意略有偏差）。自己不愿意要的，不要强加给别人。不管是在国家的工作岗位中，还是在自己的家庭生活中，都不要给别人任何抱怨你的正当理由（常被译作‘都没有任何怨恨’）。”
于是仲弓说：“尽管我愚笨，而且反应迟缓，但是我会按照您刚才说的话去做。”
（三）
司马牛问仁。子曰：“仁者，其言也讱。”曰：“其言也讱，斯谓之仁已乎？”子曰：“为之难，言之得无讱乎？”
辜译
Another disciple asked what constituted a moral character.
Confucius answered，“A man of moral character is one who is sparing of his words.”
“To be sparing of words：does that alone，”asked the disciple，“constitute a moral character?”
“Why，”replied Confucius，“When a man feels the difficulty of living a moral life, would he be otherwise than spari