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T'ai-po · 06

曾zēng子zǐ曰yuē，可kě以yǐ托tuō六liù尺chǐ之zhī孤gū，可kě以yǐ寄jì百bǎi里lǐ之zhī命mìng，临lín大dà节jié，而ér不bù可kě夺duó也yě，君jūn子zǐ人rén与yú，君jūn子zǐ人rén也yě。

Modern Chinese Guide

曾子说：可以把年幼的孤儿托付给他，可以把国家的命运交付给他，面临生死存亡的大关头也不动摇屈服。这样的人是君子吗？是君子啊。

James Legge Translation

The philosopher Tsang said, "Suppose that there is an individual who can be entrusted with the charge of a young orphan prince, and can be commissioned with authority over a state of a hundred li, and whom no emergency however great can drive from his principles:—is such a man a superior man? He is a superior man indeed."

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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