《礼记》（节选）--曾子寝疾（James Legge
译）
【原文】
曾子寝疾(2)，病③，乐正子春坐于床下(4)。曾元、曾申坐于足(5)，童子隅坐而执烛(6)。童子曰：“华而睆(7)。大夫之箦与(8)？”卜也！”子春曰：“止！”曾子闻之。瞿然曰(9)：“呼(10)！”曰：“华而睆，大夫之箦与？”曾子曰：“然。斯季孙只赐也(11)。我未之能易也。元，起，易箦。”自此始也。曾子曰：“夫子之病革矣(12)，不可以变(13)，幸而至于旦(14)，请敬易之。”曾子曰：“尔之爱我也不如彼(15)，君子之爱人也以德，细人之爱人也以姑息(16)。吾何求哉？吾得正而毙焉(17),斯已矣(18)。”举扶而易之(19)，反席未安而没(20)。
Zeng-zi was lying in his
chamber very ill. Yue-zheng Zi-chun was sitting by the side of the
couch; Zeng Yuan and Zeng Shen were sitting at (their father's)
feet; and there was a lad sitting in a corner holding a torch, who
said, 'How beautifully coloured and bright! Is it not the mat of a
Great officer?' Zi-chun (tried to) stop him, but Zeng-zi had heard
him, and in a tone of alarm called him, when he repeated what he
had said. 'Yes,' said Zeng-zi, 'it was the gift of Ji-sun, and I
have not been able to change it. Get up, Yuan, and change the mat.'
Zang Yuan said, 'Your illness is extreme. It cannot now be changed.
If you happily survive till the morning, I will ask your leave and
reverently change it! Zeng-zi said, 'Your love of me is not equal
to his. A superior man loves another on grounds of virtue; a little
man's love of another is seen in his indulgence of him. What do I
seek for? I want for nothing but to die in the correct way.' They
then raised him up, and changed the mat. When he was replaced on
the new one, before he could compose himself, he
expired.
（James Legge 译）
【注释】
①本节选自《檀弓》上。②曾子：孔子得弟子，名参，字子舆。寝疾：病倒，卧病。(3)病：意思事病情严重。(4)乐(le)正子春：曾子的学生。⑤曾元、曾申：曾子的儿子。(6)隅：墙角。(7)睆(huan)：光泽。(8)箦(ze)：席子。与：表示疑问的语气词。(9)瞿(ju)然：惊惧的样子。(10)呼(xv)：同“吁”，叹息声。(11)斯：这。季孙：季孙氏，鲁国的大夫。(12)革(ji)：危急。(13)变：意思是移动。(14)幸：希望。(15)尔：你。彼：他。这里指童子。(16)细人：小人。(17)得正：合于正礼。(18)已：意思是可以。(19)举：起，抬起。(20)反：同“返”。没：同“殁“，死去。
【译文】
曾子病倒在床上，病情严重。乐正子春坐在床下，曾元、曾申坐在脚旁，童仆坐在墙角，手拿烛火。童仆说：“席子花纹华丽光洁，是大夫用得席子吧？”乐正子春说：“住口！”曾子听到了，突然惊醒过来说：“啊！”童仆又说到：“席子花纹华丽光洁，是大夫用得席子吧？”曾子说：“是的，这是季孙送给我的，我没有力气换掉它。元啊，扶我起来，把席子换掉。”曾元说：“您老人家的病已很危急了，不能移动，希望能等到天亮，再让我来换掉。”曾子说：“你爱我不如爱那童仆，君子爱人是用德行，小人爱人是姑息迁就。我现在还要求什么呢？我只盼望死得合于正礼罢了。”于是大家扶起曾子，换了席子，再把他扶回到床上，还没有放安稳，曾子就去世了。
