《中庸》英译（七）

子曰：“人皆曰‘予知’；驱而纳诸罟擭陷阱之中，而莫之知辟也。人皆曰：‘予知’；择乎中庸而不能期月守也。”

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VII.

Confucius remarked: “Men all say ‘we are wise’; but when driven forward and taken in a net, a trap or a pit-fall, there is not one who knows how to find a way of escape. Men all say, ‘we are wise’; but in finding the true central clue and balance in their moral being (i.e., their normal, ordinary, true self) and following the line of conduct which is in accordance with it, they are not able to keep it for a round month.”