Tsze Han / 26
子曰，衣敝缊袍，与衣孤貉者立，而不耻者，其由也与。不忮不求，何用不臧。子路终身诵之，子曰，是道也，何足以臧。
Modern Chinese Guide
孔子说：穿着破旧的丝棉袍子，同穿着狐貉皮袍的人站在一起而不觉得羞愧的，大概只有子路吧！《诗经》说：不嫉妒，不贪求，为什么会不好呢？子路听了以后，一直反复念着这两句诗。孔子说：这只是做人的一般道理罢了，怎么就算得上好呢？
James Legge Translation
1. The Master said, "Dressed himself in a tattered robe quilted with hemp, yet standing by the side of men dressed in furs, and not ashamed;—ah! it is Yu who is equal to this! 2. "'He dislikes none, he covets nothing;—what can he do but what is good!'" 3. Tsze-lu kept continually repeating these words of the ode, when the Master said, "Those things are by no means sufficient to constitute (perfect) excellence."
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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