The Master said, 'If the scholar be not grave, he will not call forth any veneration, and his learning will not be solid.
1The Master said, 'If the scholar be not grave, he will not call forth any veneration, and his learning will not be solid.
2'Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.
3'Have no friends not equal to yourself.
4'When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.'
The notes printed with this passage in Chinese editions, kept in Chinese, for readers who come to the text that way.
重：庄重、自持。
学则不固：所学不牢固。与上句联系起来就可理解为：一个人不庄重就没有威严，所学也不牢固
主忠信：以忠信为主。
无：通“毋”，不要的意思。不如己者：指不忠不信的人，“不如己者”是比较委婉的说法。
过：过错、过失。惮：害怕、畏惧。