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Tsze-chang / 13

子夏曰，仕而优则学，学而优则仕。

Modern Chinese Guide

子夏说：做官有余力就去学习，学习有余力就去做官。

James Legge Translation

Tsze-hsia said, "The officer, having discharged all his duties, should devote his leisure to learning. The student, having completed his learning, should apply himself to be an officer."

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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