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Yung Yey / 16

子曰，质胜文则野，文胜质则史，文质彬彬，然后君子。

Modern Chinese Guide

孔子说：质朴多于文采就显得粗野，文采多于质朴就显得浮华。文采与质朴配合得当，然后才成为君子。

James Legge Translation

The Master said, "Where the solid qualities are in excess of accomplishments, we have rusticity; where the accomplishments are in excess of the solid qualities, we have the manners of a clerk. When the accomplishments and solid qualities are equally blended, we then have the man of virtue."

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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