论语古文今英译

不得中行而与之

（子路篇13.21）

子曰：“不得中行而与之，必也狂狷乎！狂者进取，狷者有所不为也。”

【译文】

    孔子说：“我找不到奉行中庸之道的人和他交往，只能与狂者、狷者相交往了。狂者敢作敢为，狷者对有些事是不肯干的。”

【英译】

    The Master said, "Since I cannot get men pursuing the due medium, to whom I might communicate my instructions, I must find the ardent and the cautiously-decided. The ardent will advance and lay hold of truth; the cautiously-decided will keep themselves from what is wrong."

（江湖侠客吴仲湛 编辑）