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Kung-ye Ch'ang / 3

子贡问曰，赐也何如。子曰，女器也。曰，何器也。曰，瑚琏也。

Modern Chinese Guide

子贡问道：我这个人怎么样？孔子说：你好比是一件器皿。子贡问：是什么器皿呢？孔子说：是宗庙里盛黍稷的瑚琏。

James Legge Translation

Tsze-kung asked, "What do you say of me, Ts'ze? The Master said, "You are a utensil." "What utensil?" "A gemmed sacrificial utensil."

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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