《菜根谭》是明朝还初道人洪应明收集编著的儒家经典，是一部论述修养、人生、处世、出世的语录集。其文字简炼明隽，兼采雅俗，言辞中流露出山林意趣，渗透着万物一体的世界观。开出的处世之方偏重心态和人事，悟虚妄真实之理，指出贫富、尊卑、穷达因为心念使善恶、祸福相互转换，告诫世人及时转念，戒贪少欲，取中庸之道。著作前后内容和深度有所不同，反映出了不同的阅历和境界。

《菜根谭》（君子诈善、无异小人）

君子而诈善，无异小人之肆恶；君子而改节，不及小人之自新。

A supposedly virtuous man who pretends to do good deeds is no better than a selfish scoundrel. When a virtuous man abandons his moral principles, he is not worth as much as a mean person who has turned over a new leaf.

（保罗·怀特 译）

If an accomplished man feigns virtue, he is not different from a villain who has done all manners of evil. If an accomplished man changes his aspiration and abandons himself to vice, he is no better than a scoundrel that has corrected his errors and made a fresh start.

（周文标 译）

The junzi gentleman feigning virtue is no different from the xiaoren petty man running wild; the junzi gentlemen changing his moral principles is not worth the xiaoren petty man turning over a new leaf.

（蒋坚松 译）

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