Hsien Wan / 7

子曰,君子而不仁者有矣夫,未有小人而仁者也。

Modern Chinese Guide

孔子说:君子中也有不仁的人吧,但小人中却没有仁德的人。

James Legge Translation

The Master said, "Superior men, and yet not always virtuous, there have been, alas! But there never has been a mean man, and, at the same time, virtuous."

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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