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Tsze-chang / 11

子夏曰，大德不逾闲，小德出入可也。

Modern Chinese Guide

子夏说：大节上不能超越界限，小节上有些出入是可以的。

James Legge Translation

Tsze-hsia said, "When a person does not transgress the boundary line in the great virtues, he may pass and repass it in the small virtues."

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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