zhǎng jǔ jié nì zhě, bù zhī hé xǔ rén yě. ǒu ér gēng. kǒng zǐ guò zhī, shǐ zǐ lù wèn jīn yān. zhǎng jǔ yuē:" fū zhí yú zhě wèi shuí?" zǐ lù yuē:" shì kǒng qiū." yuē:" shì lǔ kǒng qiū yú?" yuē:" shì yě." shì zhī jīn yǐ, wèn yú jié nì. yuē:" zi wèi shuí?" yuē:" wèi zhòng yóu." yuē:" shì lǔ kǒng qiū zhī tú yǔ?" duì yuē:" rán." yuē:" tāo tāo zhě tiān xià jiē shì yě, ér shuí yǔ yì zhī? qiě ér yǔ qí cóng bì rén zhī shì, qǐ ruò cóng bì shì zhī shì zāi!" yōu ér bù chuò. zǐ lù yǐ gào kǒng zǐ, kǒng zǐ wǔ rán yuē:" niǎo shòu bù kě yǔ tóng qún, wú fēi sī rén zhī tú ér shuí yǔ? tiān xià yǒu dào, qiū bù yǔ yì yě."
长沮桀溺者,不知何许人也。耦而耕。孔子过之,使子路问津焉。长沮曰:“夫执舆者为谁?”子路曰:“是孔丘。”曰:“是鲁孔丘欤?”曰:“是也。”是知津矣,问於桀溺。曰:“子为谁?”曰:“为仲由。”曰:“是鲁孔丘之徒与?”对曰:“然。”曰:“滔滔者天下皆是也,而谁与易之?且而与其从避人之士,岂若从避世之士哉!”耰而不辍。子路以告孔子,孔子怃然曰:“鸟兽不可与同群,吾非斯人之徒而谁与?天下有道,丘不与易也。”