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Pa Yih · 18

子zǐ曰yuē，事shì君jūn尽jìn礼lǐ，人rén以yǐ为wéi谄chǎn也yě。

Modern Chinese Guide

孔子说：我按照礼的要求去侍奉君主，别人却以为我在谄媚。

James Legge Translation

The Master said, "The full observance of the rules of propriety in serving one's prince is accounted by people to be flattery."

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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