《菜根谭》英译（脱俗成名、减欲入圣）

作人无甚高远事业，摆脱得俗情便入名流；为学无甚增益功夫，灭除得物累便超圣境。

To live as a true man, you do not need extraordinary accomplishments; all you need to do is to free yourself from vulgar distractions, and then you can join the ranks of eminent personages. To pursue study, you do not need any special formula for success; all you need to do is to get rid of desires for material comforts that trouble your head, and then you can enter the domain of the sages.

（保罗·怀特 译）

A good personhood does not count on how profound one's exploits are; so long as doing away with vulgarity, one will surely become a man of great celebrity. Likewise, the pursuit of knowledge needs no help of magic means; so long as shaking off the yoke of fame and wealth, one will certainly enter sainthood.

（周文标 译）