15.6 子张问行1。子曰：“言忠信，行笃敬2，虽蛮貊之邦3，行矣。言不忠信，行不笃敬，虽州里4，行乎哉？立则见其参于前也5，在舆则见其倚于衡也6，夫然后行。”子张书诸绅。
【译文】
子张问怎样做事才行得通。 孔子说：“言语忠诚守信，行为笃厚严肃，即使到蛮貊地区，也能行得通。言语不忠诚守信，行为不笃厚严肃，纵然是在乡里本土，就能行得通吗？站立着就像看见‘忠信笃敬’几个字直耸在眼前，坐在车里就像看见‘忠信笃敬’几个字映现在车前横木上，这样才能到处都行得通。”子张把这些话写在束于腰间的大带上。
【YZG解释】
子张问怎样做事才行得通。 孔子说：“言语忠诚守信，行为恭敬厚重，即使到蛮貊地区，也能行得通。言语不忠诚守信，行为不恭敬厚重，纵然是在乡里本土，就能行得通吗？站立着就好像‘忠信笃敬’直耸在眼前，坐在车里就好像‘忠信笃敬’几个字刻在车前横木上，这样才能到哪里都行得通。”子张把这些话写在束于腰间的大带上。
【English Translation】
Zi Zhang1 asked about how to make things work.
Confucius said: “If a person is sincere and trustworthy in words, and respectful and solemn in acts, even in remote and uncivilized areas, the things can work. If a person is not sincere and trustworthy in words, and not respectful and solemn in acts, can things work even in his hometown? Standing as if the words ‘sincerity, trustworthiness, and solemnity’ were towering straight in front of you, and sitting in a carriage as if the words ‘sincerity, trustworthiness, and solemnity’ are engraved on the crossbeam in front of the carriage. Only in this way can things work everywhere.” Zi Zhang wrote these words on the large belt tied around his waist.
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