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子曰，君子谋道不谋食，耕也，馁在其中矣，学也，禄在其中矣，君子忧道，不忧贫。

Modern Chinese Guide

孔子说：君子谋求的是道，不谋求衣食。耕田，也常会挨饿；求学，俸禄就在其中。君子只忧虑道能不能行，不忧虑贫穷。

James Legge Translation

The Master said, "The object of the superior man is truth. Food is not his object. There is plowing;—even in that there is sometimes want. So with learning;—emolument may be found in it. The superior man is anxious lest he should not get truth; he is not anxious lest poverty should come upon him."

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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