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Pa Yih / 3

子曰，人而不仁，如礼何，人而不仁，如乐何。

Modern Chinese Guide

孔子说：做人如果没有仁德，讲礼又有什么用呢？做人如果没有仁德，奏乐又有什么用呢？

James Legge Translation

The Master said, "If a man be without the virtues proper to humanity, what has he to do with the rites of propriety? If a man be without the virtues proper to humanity, what has he to do with music?"

Notes and themes

  • 底本：Wikisource 整理的 James Legge《The Chinese Classics》公版中英文本。
  • 中文由繁体转为简体，后续白话解释需逐章审校。
  • 白话参考底本：《白话论语读本》，张兆瑢、沈元起编译，上海广益书局1948 年新三版。
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