In the various enumerations of the moral virtues I had met with in my reading,
在阅读的过程中，
I found the catalogue more or less numerous, as different writers included more or fewer ideas under the same name.
我发现在列举道德品质时，分类繁多，不同的作者对同一个类别的解释多少有些出入，释义有深有浅。
I proposed to myself, for the sake of clearness, to use rather more names,
为了明确起见，我主张自己多设定几个名称类别，每个名称包含更加简明的含义，
with fewer ideas annexed to each, than a few names with more ideas;
而不要分类少而释义多。
and I included under thirteen names of virtues all that at that time occurred to me as necessary or desirable, and annexed to each a short precept,
我提出了十三种品德，这是当时我认为要么必需要么合意的全部品德的名称，每个名称底下我附了一些简单的戒律，
which fully expressed the extent I gave to its meaning.
In the various enumerations of the moral virtues I had met with in my reading, I found the catalogue more or less numerous，as different writers included more or fewer ideas under the same name. I proposed to myself, for the sake of clearness, to use rather more names，with fewer ideas annexed to each, than a few names with more ideas; and I included under thirteen names of virtues all that at that time occurred to me as necessary or desirable, and annexed to each a short precept, which fully expressed the extent I gave to its meaning.
在阅读的过程中，我发现在列举道德品质时，分类繁多，不同的作者对同一个类别的解释多少有些出入，释义有深有浅。为了明确起见，我主张自己多设定几个名称类别，每个名称包含更加简明的含义，而不要分类少而释义多。我提出了十三种品德，这是当时我认为要么必需要么合意的全部品德的名称，每个名称底下我附了一些简单的戒律，充分说明我认为该词应有的含义。
These names of virtues, with their precepts, were:
这些品德的名称和相应的戒律如下：
1.TEMPERANCE. Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation.
一、节制。食不过饱；酒不过量。
2.SILENCE. Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation.
二、沉默寡言。言必于人于己有益；避免无益的谈话。