翻译 - 忠臣不私，私臣不忠，

忠臣不私，私臣不忠，履正奉公，臣子之节。

-《後漢書》【註1】

A loyal minister harbors no private interests; a self-serving minister is not loyal. To work in righteousness and serve the public—this is the integrity of a subject.

- 《Book of the Later Han》

今人之性恶，必将待法然后正，得礼义然后治。今人无师法，则偏险而不正；无礼义，则悖乱而不治。

-《荀子：性惡》【註2】

The evil human nature of people today must be dealt with according to the law before it can be corrected. They must obtain ritual and righteousness before they can be governed. If people have no teacher or law, they will be biased, devious, and not upright; if they lack ritual and righteousness, they will be perverse, chaotic, and not governed.”

— 《Xunzi： Human Nature is Evil》

【註1】《後漢書》是一部記載東漢歷史的紀傳體史書，由南朝刘宋时的范晔（398年－445年）所著。本书分十纪卷、八十列传和八志（八志自司马彪《续汉书》补入），记载了从光武帝称帝（25年）起至汉献帝禅让（220年）的195年历史。

【註2】见本书《善不可谓小而无益》：【荀子作者簡介】

Note 1：The 《Book of the Later Han》 is a dynastic history of the Eastern Han written in the biographical–annalistic style by Fan Ye (398–445) of the Liu Song dynasty in the Southern Dynasties period. The work is divided into ten annals, eighty biographies, and eight treatises (the eight treatises were supplemented from Sima Biao’s Continued Han History). It records the 195 years of history from Emperor Guangwu’s accession in 25 CE to Emperor Xian’s abdication in 220 CE.

Note 2：See 《Good deeds cannot be dismissed as too small to be of benefit》 “Introduction to Author Xunzi"