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Pa Yih / 18

子曰，事君尽礼，人以为谄也。

Modern Chinese Guide

孔子说：我按照礼的要求去侍奉君主，别人却以为我在谄媚。

James Legge Translation

The Master said, "The full observance of the rules of propriety in serving one's prince is accounted by people to be flattery."

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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