子zǐ谓wèi子zǐ贱jiàn，君jūn子zǐ哉zāi若ruò人rén。鲁lǔ无wú君jūn子zǐ者zhě，斯sī焉yān取qǔ斯sī。

Modern Chinese Guide

孔子谈到子贱，说：这个人真是个君子啊。如果鲁国没有君子，他又是从哪里学到这种品德的呢？

James Legge Translation

The Master said of Tsze-chien, "Of superior virtue indeed is such a man! If there were not virtuous men in Lu, how could this man have acquired this character?"

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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