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Kung-ye Ch'ang · 03

子zǐ贡gòng问wèn曰yuē，赐cì也yě何hé如rú。子zǐ曰yuē，女rǔ器qì也yě。曰yuē，何hé器qì也yě。曰yuē，瑚hú琏liǎn也yě。

Modern Chinese Guide

子贡问道：我这个人怎么样？孔子说：你好比是一件器皿。子贡问：是什么器皿呢？孔子说：是宗庙里盛黍稷的瑚琏。

James Legge Translation

Tsze-kung asked, "What do you say of me, Ts'ze? The Master said, "You are a utensil." "What utensil?" "A gemmed sacrificial utensil."

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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