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Kung-ye Ch'ang · 19

季jì文wén子zǐ三sān思sī而ér后hòu行xíng。子zǐ闻wén之zhī曰yuē，再zài，斯sī可kě矣yǐ。

Modern Chinese Guide

季文子每件事都要反复考虑多次才去做。孔子听到后说：考虑两次也就可以了。

James Legge Translation

Chi Wan thought thrice, and then acted. When the Master was informed of it, he said, "Twice may do."

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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