或曰:“雍也仁而不佞。”子曰:“焉用佞?御人以囗给,屡憎于人。不知其仁,焉用佞?”
1Some one said, 'Yung is truly virtuous, but he is not ready with his tongue.'
2The Master said, 'What is the good of being ready with the tongue? They who encounter men with smartnesses of speech for the most part procure themselves hatred. I know not whether he be truly virtuous, but why should he show readiness of the tongue?'