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T'ai-po · 05

曾zēng子zǐ曰yuē，以yǐ能néng问wèn于yú不bù能néng，以yǐ多duō问wèn于yú寡guǎ，有yǒu若ruò无wú，实shí若ruò虚xū，犯fàn而ér不bú校jiào，昔xī者zhě吾wú友yǒu，尝cháng从cóng事shì于yú斯sī矣yǐ。

Modern Chinese Guide

曾子说：自己有才能却向没有才能的人请教，自己知识多却向知识少的人请教；有学问却像没有学问一样，满腹才识却像空虚一样；即使被人冒犯也不计较。从前我的一位朋友，就曾经这样做了。

James Legge Translation

The philosopher Tsang said, "Gifted with ability, and yet putting questions to those who were not so; possessed of much, and yet putting questions to those possessed of little; having, as though he had not; full, and yet counting himself as empty; offended against, and yet entering into no altercation; formerly I had a friend who pursued this style of conduct."

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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