子曰,父母之年,不可不知也,一则以喜,一则以惧。
Modern Chinese Guide
孔子说:父母的年纪,不可以不记在心上。一方面为他们高寿而欢喜,一方面又为他们年迈而忧惧。
James Legge Translation
The Master said, "The years of parents may by no means not be kept in the memory, as an occasion at once for joy and for fear."
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。
- 白话参考底本:《白话论语读本》,张兆瑢、沈元起编译,上海广益书局1948 年新三版。