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Wei Ling Kung / 8

子曰，志士，仁人，无求生以害仁，有杀身以成仁。

Modern Chinese Guide

孔子说：志士仁人，不会为了求得活命而损害仁德，只会牺牲自己来成全仁德。

James Legge Translation

The Master said, "The determined scholar and the man of virtue will not seek to live at the expense of injuring their virtue. They will even sacrifice their lives to preserve their virtue complete."

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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