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Pa Yih / 17

子贡欲去吿朔之饩羊。子曰，赐也，尔爱其羊，我爱其礼。

Modern Chinese Guide

子贡想把每月初一告朔之礼所用的那只活羊省去。孔子说：赐啊，你舍不得那只羊，我却舍不得那种礼。

James Legge Translation

1. Tsze-kung wished to do away with the offering of a sheep connected with the inauguration of the first day of each month. 2. The Master said, "Ts'ze, you love the sheep; I love the ceremony."

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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