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樊迟请学稼。子曰,吾不如老农。请学为圃。曰,吾不如老圃。樊迟出。子曰,小人哉,樊须也。上好礼,则民莫敢不敬,上好义,则民莫敢不服,上好信,则民莫敢不用情,夫如是,则四方之民,襁负其子而至矣,焉用稼。

白话导读

樊迟请求学种庄稼。孔子说:我不如老农。樊迟又请求学种菜。孔子说:我不如老菜农。樊迟出去后,孔子说:樊须真是个器量狭小的人啊!在上位的人爱好礼,百姓就没有敢不恭敬的;在上位的人爱好义,百姓就没有敢不服从的;在上位的人爱好信,百姓就没有敢不用真情相待的。做到这样,四方的百姓就会背着自己的孩子前来投奔,哪里用得着自己去种庄稼呢?

James Legge 英译

1. Fan Ch'ih requested to be taught husbandry. The Master said, "I am not so good for that as an old husbandman." He requested also to be taught gardening, and was answered, "I am not so good for that as an old gardener." 2. Fan Ch'ih having gone out, the Master said, "A small man, indeed, is Fan Hsu! 3. If a superior love propriety, the people will not dare not to be reverent. If he love righteousness, the people will not dare not to submit to his example. If he love good faith, the people will not dare not to be sincere. Now, when these things obtain, the people from all quarters will come to him, bearing their children on their backs;—what need has he of a knowledge of husbandry?"

注释与主题

  • 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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