礼运大同篇
Confucius: The Great Together (Li Yun Da Tong)
From the Chapter "The Operation of Etiquette" in Li Ji
《礼运大同篇》
（出自《礼记》礼运篇，孔子述大同）
冯欣明译- Translated by Feng Xin-ming, April 2008
摘自網絡
大道之行也，天下为公。
白话文: 实行大道的时候，天下是为公众的。
When the Great Way is practiced, the world is for the public.
选贤与能。
白话文: 有贤德和有才能的人被选用。
Those with virtue and those with ability are chosen and used.
讲信修睦。
白话文: 人们讲究信用，建立和睦。
People value trustworthiness and cultivate harmony with each other.
故人不独亲其亲，不独子其子。
白话文: 所以人们不只把自己的双亲好像双亲那般对待，不只把自己
的儿子好像儿子那般对待。
Thus people do not treat only their parents like parents, nor do people treat
only their sons like sons.
使老有所终，壮 有所用，幼有所长。
白话文: 使老人得到应有的归终，壮年人得到应有的任用，幼年人得到应有的成长。
That makes the aged have the appropriate last years, those in their prime have
the appropriate employment, and the young have the appropriate growth and
development.
鳏寡孤独废疾者，皆有所养。
白话文: 老而无妻者、寡妇、孤儿、老而无子孙者、残废者、患疾病者，都得到照顾。
Elderly men with no spouses, widows, orphans, elderly people without children or
grandchildren, the handicapped, the ill-- all are provided for.
男有分，女有归。
白话文: 男的有本分，女的有归宿。
Males have their station; females, their places to belong to.
货恶其弃於地也，不必藏於己。
白话文: 货币被抛弃在地上而被厌恶，不需要把它收藏在身上。
Money is thrown on the ground and thus despised; it is not necessary to store
money on one's body.
力恶其不出於身也，不必为已。
白话文: 劳力被厌恶不是自己发出的，亦不必为自己而发出。
Labor is despised if it does not come from oneself, and it does not have to be
on behalf of oneself.
是故谋闭而不兴，盗窃乱贼而不作。
白话文: 所以人们不搞阴谋，不做抢、偷、叛乱等事。
Therefore people don't engage in intrigue or trickery, nor do they engage in
robbery, theft, and rebellion.
故外户而不闭。
白话文: 因此外出而不闭门。
Thus, though people leave their houses they don't close their doors.
是谓大同。
白话文: 这便叫大同。
This is called the "Great Together".