子曰,奢则不孙,俭则固,与其不孙也,宁固。
Modern Chinese Guide
孔子说:奢侈了就会显得不谦逊,节俭了就会显得寒酸。与其不谦逊,宁可寒酸一些。
James Legge Translation
The Master said, "Extravagance leads to insubordination, and parsimony to meanness. It is better to be mean than to be insubordinate."
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。