Le Jin / 14
子曰，不患无位，患所以立，不患莫己知，求为可知也。
Modern Chinese Guide
孔子说：不担忧没有职位，只担忧自己有没有胜任职位的本领；不担忧没有人知道自己，只求自己有值得被人知道的才德。
James Legge Translation
The Master said, "A man should say, I am not concerned that I have no place, I am concerned how I may fit myself for one. I am not concerned that I am not known, I seek to be worthy to be known."
Notes and themes
- 底本：Wikisource 整理的 James Legge《The Chinese Classics》公版中英文本。
- 中文由繁体转为简体，后续白话解释需逐章审校。
- 白话参考底本：《白话论语读本》，张兆瑢、沈元起编译，上海广益书局1948 年新三版。
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