Legge Translation (1861)

Shusun Wushu having vilified Zhongni, Zigong said: "It is of no use doing so. Zhongni cannot be vilified. The talents and virtue of other men are like hillocks and mounds, which may be stepped over. Zhongni is the sun or moon, which it is not possible to step over. Although a man may wish to cut himself off from the sage, what harm can he do to the sun or moon? He only shows that he does not know his own capacity."