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子zǐ曰yuē，圣shèng人rén吾wú不bù得dé而ér见jiàn之zhī矣yǐ，得dé见jiàn君jūn子zǐ者zhě，斯sī可kě矣yǐ。子zǐ曰yuē，善shàn人rén吾wú不bù得dé而ér见jiàn之zhī矣yǐ，得dé见jiàn有yǒu恒héng者zhě，斯sī可kě矣yǐ。亡wú而ér为wéi有yǒu，虚xū而ér为wéi盈yíng，约yuē而ér为wéi泰tài，难nán乎hū有yǒu恒héng矣yǐ。

Modern Chinese Guide

孔子说：圣人我是见不到了，能见到君子就可以了。孔子又说：善人我是见不到了，能见到有恒心的人也就可以了。本来没有却装作有，本来空虚却装作充实，本来贫乏却装作富足，这样的人是很难有恒心的。

James Legge Translation

1. The Master said, "A sage it is not mine to see; could I see a man of real talent and virtue, that would satisfy me." 2. The Master said, "A good man it is not mine to see; could I see a man possessed of constancy, that would satisfy me. 3. "Having not and yet affecting to have, empty and yet affecting to be full, straitened and yet affecting to be at ease:—it is difficult with such characteristics to have constancy."

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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