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Tsze-chang / 2

子张曰，执德不弘，信道不笃，焉能为有，焉能为亡。

Modern Chinese Guide

子张说：奉行德行不能发扬光大，信仰道义不能坚定笃实，这样的人有他不算多，没他也不算少。

James Legge Translation

Tsze-chang said, "When a man holds fast to virtue, but without seeking to enlarge it, and believes right principles, but without firm sincerity, what account can be made of his existence or non-existence?"

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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