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Kung-ye Ch'ang / 5

子使漆雕开仕。对曰，吾斯之未能信。子说。

Modern Chinese Guide

孔子让漆雕开去做官。漆雕开回答说：我对做官这件事还没有把握。孔子听了很高兴。

James Legge Translation

The Master was wishing Ch'i-tiao K'ai to enter on official employment. He replied, "I am not yet able to rest in the assurance of THIS." The Master was pleased.

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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