阳货第十七
（一）
阳货145欲见孔子，孔子不见，归孔子豚。孔子时其亡也，而往拜之，遇诸涂。谓孔子曰：“来！予与尔言。”曰：“怀其宝而迷其邦，可谓仁乎？”曰：“不可。”“好从事而亟失时，可谓知乎？”曰：“不可。”“日月逝矣，岁不我与。”孔子曰：“诺，吾将仕矣。”
辜译
An influential officer, who was in the service of a powerful family of nobles in Confucius'native State, on one occasion expressed a wish to see Confucius, but Confucius would not go to see him. The officer then sent Confucius a present of a pig.Confucius thereupon timing his visit when the officer was not.at home, called on him to tender his thanks.On returning, however, he met the officer on the way.
“Come now，”said the officer to Confucius，“I want to speak to you. Now I would ask you whether he is a good man who hides the treasures of his knowledge and leaves his country to go astray?”“No，”replied Confucius，“He is not.”“Is he a man of understanding，”asked the officer again，“who is anxious to be employed and yet misses every chance that comes to him of being employed?”“No，”replied Confucius，“He is not.”
“Then，”said the officer，“you ought to know that days and months ate passing away and time waits not for us.”“Yes，”replied Confucius，“I will enter the public service.”
一位有影响力的官员阳货在鲁国权贵季氏那里当差。有一次阳货想见孔子，但是孔子不想见他。阳货随后送给孔子一头猪作为礼物，于是孔子趁阳货不在家的时候登门拜访，以表谢意。但是在回家的路上，孔子碰到了阳货。
“请过来，我想和您说说话。”阳货对孔子说，“我想问您，如果有人把自己的学识藏起来，任由国家陷入迷乱，这样的人可以称为仁吗？”孔子回答：“不能。”阳货又问：“如果有人想要参与政事，却多次错过唾手可得的机会，这样的人可以称为智吗？”孔子回答：“不能。”
然后阳货说：“岁月流逝，日复一日，月复一月，时间不等人啊！”孔子回答：“好吧，那我去做官吧。”
（二）
子曰：“性相近也，习相远也。”
辜译
Confucius remarked，“Men, in their nature, are alike；but by practice they become widely different.”
孔子说：“人的本性是相近的，只是因为后天习染不同，彼此间才有了差异。”
（三）
子曰：“唯上知与下愚不移。”
辜译
Confucius then went on to say，“It is only men of the highest understanding and men of the grossest dullness, who do not change.”
孔子说：“只有最聪慧的人和最愚笨的人是无法改变的。”
（四）
子之武城，闻弦歌之声。夫子莞尔而笑，曰：“割鸡焉用牛刀？”子游对曰：“昔者偃也闻诸夫子曰：‘君子学道则爱人，小人学道则易使也。’”子曰：“二三子！偃之言是也。前言戏之耳。”
辜译
When Confucius on one occasion came to a small town where one of his disciples was chief Magistrate, he heard the sounds of music and singing among the people. He then, with a mischievous smile in his look, remarked，“To kill a chicken why use a knife used for slaughtering an ox?”
“Sir，”replied the disciple who was chief Magistrate of the town，“I have heard you say at one time that when the gentlemen of a country ate highly educated, it makes them sympathize with the people；and when the people are educated, it makes them easily amenable to government.”
“Yes，”answered Confucius, turning to his other disciples who were present，“He is right：what I said just now was only spoken in jest.”
有一次，孔子来到鲁国的一个小镇武城，听到人群中传来音乐和歌声。孔子笑着说道：“杀鸡为何要用杀牛刀？”
他的学生子游是这个镇的行政长官，回答说：“以前我听您说过，一个国家的君子学习了礼乐就能爱人，百姓学习了礼乐就容易服从政府统治。”
“是的，”孔子回答，然后扭头看向其他在场的学生。“他说得对，我刚才说的只是一句玩笑话。”
（五）
公山弗扰146以费畔，召，子欲往。子路不说，曰：“末之也已，何必公山氏之之也。”子曰：“夫召我者，而岂徒哉？如有用我者，吾其为东周乎？”
辜译
On one occasion a noble in Confucius'native State who held possession of an important town and was in an altitude of rebellion, invited Confucius to see