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Kung-ye Ch'ang / 22

子曰，伯夷叔齐，不念旧恶，怨是用希。

Modern Chinese Guide

孔子说：伯夷、叔齐不记着别人过去的仇怨，所以别人对他们的怨恨也就很少了。

James Legge Translation

The Master said, "Po-i and Shu-ch'i did not keep the former wickednesses of men in mind, and hence the resentments directed towards them were few."

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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