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Kung-ye Ch'ang / 2

子谓子贱，君子哉若人。鲁无君子者，斯焉取斯。

Modern Chinese Guide

孔子谈到子贱，说：这个人真是个君子啊。如果鲁国没有君子，他又是从哪里学到这种品德的呢？

James Legge Translation

The Master said of Tsze-chien, "Of superior virtue indeed is such a man! If there were not virtuous men in Lu, how could this man have acquired this character?"

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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