Kung-ye Ch'ang / 23

子曰,孰谓微生高直,或乞醯焉,乞诸邻而与之。

Modern Chinese Guide

孔子说:谁说微生高这个人直爽?有人向他讨点醋,他家没有,却到邻居家讨来给人。

James Legge Translation

The Master said, "Who says of Wei-shang Kao that he is upright? One begged some vinegar of him, and he begged it of a neighbor and gave it to the man."

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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