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Tsze-chang / 7

子夏曰，百工居肆，以成其事，君子学以致其道。

Modern Chinese Guide

子夏说：各行工匠住在作坊里来完成他们的工作，君子则通过学习来获得那个道。

James Legge Translation

Tsze-hsia said, "Mechanics have their shops to dwell in, in order to accomplish their works. The superior man learns, in order to reach to the utmost of his principles."

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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