子曰,巍巍乎,舜禹之有天下也,而不与焉。
Modern Chinese Guide
孔子说:多么崇高伟大啊!舜和禹拥有天下,却一点也不为自己谋私利。
James Legge Translation
The Master said, "How majestic was the manner in which Shun and Yu held possession of the empire, as if it were nothing to them!"
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。