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T'ai-po / 9

子曰，民可使由之，不可使知之。

Modern Chinese Guide

孔子说：对于百姓，可以使他们照着我们指引的道路去做，却难以让他们都明白其中的道理。

James Legge Translation

The Master said, "The people may be made to follow a path of action, but they may not be made to understand it."

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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