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　　自

　　大

　　cai

　　da

　　zhe

　　wang

　　zi

　　da

　　才幹

　　偉大的

　　的人

　　聲望

　　自然

　　偉大

　　talent

　　great

　　of people

　　prestige

　　naturally

　　great

　　才幹大的人，聲望自然也大。

　　People who have great ability thereby enjoy great prestige.

　　人

　　所

　　服

　　，

　　非

　　言

　　大

　　ren

　　suo

　　fu

　　fei

　　yan

　　da

　　別人

　　的(人事物)

　　服從

　　不是因爲

　　言詞

　　富麗堂皇

　　others

　　that which

　　to obey

　　is not

　　speech

　　great

　　一般人所信服的，也並非他的言辭響亮。

　　When people place their trust in a person, it is merely not because he talks well.

　　俗話說﹕「人不可以貌相，海水不可用鬥量。」孔子的學生裏頭，宰予的口才是一流的，但是他太過恣才任性，每每有超越禮數的言行，終至功敗垂成。淡臺滅明(字子羽)則是相貌醜惡，初見孔子時，孔子也不覺他有什麼才幹，後來才慢慢發現子羽是個謹守法度，行不由徑的俠義君子。因此孔子才感歎說﹕「俚語雲﹕『相馬以輿，相士以居。』弗可廢欤！以容取人，則失之子羽；以辭取人，則失之宰予。」

　　There is a proverb: “people cannot be judged by appearance; sea water cannot be measured by pecks,” Among the disciples of Confucius, Zai yu”s eloquence was first rate. However, he was overly rash and foolhardy. every time he stepped beyond the bounds of propriety in his speech or actions, he inevitably failed. On the other hand, Zhantai Mieming (whose other name was Zi Yu) was rather homely, and at their first meeting Confucius did not think he had much talent. Later, he gradually discovered that Zi Yu was a righteous gentleman who cautiously abided by the law and did not take shortcuts. And so Confucius exclaimed with a sigh, “A folk proverb says, Judge a horse by how it pulls a chariot; judge a scholar by how he lives.” How could we ignore this

　　 If we judged people by appearance alone, we would be wrong about Zi Yu. If we judged people by their speech, we would be wrong about Z…

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