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Yung Yey / 7

季氏使闵子骞为费宰，闵子骞曰，善为我辞焉，如有复我者，则吾必在汶上矣。

Modern Chinese Guide

季氏派人请闵子骞去做费邑的长官。闵子骞对来人说：请好好替我推辞掉吧。如果再有人来召我，那我一定逃到汶水北边去了。

James Legge Translation

The chief of the Chi family sent to ask Min Tsze-ch'ien to be governor of Pi. Min Tsze-ch'ien said, "Decline the offer for me politely. If any one come again to me with a second invitation, I shall be obliged to go and live on the banks of the Wan."

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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