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Wei Chang / 17

子曰，由，诲女知之乎，知之为知之，不知为不知，是知也。

Modern Chinese Guide

孔子说：由啊，我教你什么是知道吧。知道就是承认自己知道，不知道就是承认自己不知道，这才是真正的知道。

James Legge Translation

The Master said, "Yu, shall I teach you what knowledge is? When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it;—this is knowledge."

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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