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Yen Yuan / 16

子曰，君子成人之美，不成人之恶，小人反是。

Modern Chinese Guide

孔子说：君子成全别人的好事，不促成别人的坏事，小人却与此相反。

James Legge Translation

The Master said, "The superior man seeks to perfect the admirable qualities of men, and does not seek to perfect their bad qualities. The mean man does the opposite of this."

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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