《论衡·卷九·问孔篇》
如果明知那儿落后，还要勉强想自己坚持已说过的话，这就正和子路回答孔子关于子羔的事一样。 子路让子羔做郈的地方长官，孔子说： 简直是在害别人的子弟。 
如知其陋，苟欲自遂，此子路对孔子以子羔也。子路使子羔为费宰，子曰： 贼夫人之子。 
If one knows that a place is backward, but insists on trying to justify what one has already said, then this is the same as how Zilu answered Confucius when he once asked about Zigao. Zilu had made Zigao the magistrate of Zhu, and when Confucius said: “You are just causing trouble for other people’s descendants.”
<s>[INST] 对于下列每组文言文和现代汉语句子, 请提供一个能够准确表达两者本质的英语翻译: 文言文: 如知其陋，苟欲自遂，此子路对孔子以子羔也。子路使子羔为费宰，子曰： 贼夫人之子。  现代汉语: 如果明知那儿落后，还要勉强想自己坚持已说过的话，这就正和子路回答孔子关于子羔的事一样。 子路让子羔做郈的地方长官，孔子说： 简直是在害别人的子弟。  [/INST] If one knows that a place is backward, but insists on trying to justify what one has already said, then this is the same as how Zilu answered Confucius when he once asked about Zigao. Zilu had made Zigao the magistrate of Zhu, and when Confucius said: “You are just causing trouble for other people’s descendants.”</s>
对于下列每组文言文和现代汉语句子, 请提供一个能够准确表达两者本质的英语翻译: 文言文: 如知其陋，苟欲自遂，此子路对孔子以子羔也。子路使子羔为费宰，子曰： 贼夫人之子。  现代汉语: 如果明知那儿落后，还要勉强想自己坚持已说过的话，这就正和子路回答孔子关于子羔的事一样。 子路让子羔做郈的地方长官，孔子说： 简直是在害别人的子弟。
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If one knows that a place is backward, but insists on trying to justify what one has already said, then this is the same as how Zilu answered Confucius when he once asked about Zigao. Zilu had made Zigao the magistrate of Zhu, and when Confucius said: “You are just causing trouble for other people’s descendants.”
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