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Pa Yih · 07

子zǐ曰yuē，君jūn子zǐ无wú所suǒ争zhēng，必bì也yě射shè乎hū，揖yī让ràng而ér升shēng，下xià而ér飮yǐn，其qí争zhēng也yě君jūn子zǐ。

Modern Chinese Guide

孔子说：君子没有什么可争的，如果一定要说有所争，那就是比射箭吧。比赛时相互作揖谦让，然后登堂；射完下来又互敬酒。这样的竞争才是君子式的竞争。

James Legge Translation

The Master said, "The student of virtue has no contentions. If it be said he cannot avoid them, shall this be in archery? But he bows complaisantly to his competitors; thus he ascends the hall, descends, and exacts the forfeit of drinking. In his contention, he is still the Chun-tsze."

Source: James Legge, public domain, 1893.

Notes

  • 底本：Wikisource 整理的 James Legge《The Chinese Classics》公版中英文本（1893–1895）。
  • 简体化：原文由繁体转为简体（OpenCC），与公版英译逐句对应。
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