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Tsze Han / 4

子绝四，毋意，毋必，毋固，毋我。

Modern Chinese Guide

孔子杜绝了四种毛病：不凭空猜测，不绝对武断，不固执己见，不自以为是。

James Legge Translation

There were four things from which the Master was entirely free. He had no foregone conclusions, no arbitrary predeterminations, no obstinacy, and no egoism.

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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