Twenty books · 499 passages · Bilingual

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All twenty books — 499 passages — are published with simplified Chinese, a reviewed modern Chinese guide, James Legge's public-domain English translation, and notes.

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Xiang Dang(乡党)·15

朋友死,无所归,曰,于我殡。朋友之馈,虽车马,非祭肉不拜。

1. When any of his friends died, if he had no relations who could be depended on for the necessary offices, he would say, "I will bury him." 2. When a friend sent him a present, though it might be a carriage and horses, he did not bow. 3. The only present for which he bowed was that of the flesh of sacrifice.

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20 books
Xue Er to Yao Yue, all complete
499 passages
Original, guide, English, notes per passage
Bilingual
Simplified Chinese + Legge's public-domain English
Reviewed base
Guide from the 1948 广益书局 edition
499/499
Modern Chinese guide covered
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James Legge translation covered
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Passage-level pinyin fully rendered
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Chapter audio available