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舜shùn有yǒu臣chén五wǔ人rén，而ér天tiān下xià治zhì。武wǔ王wáng曰yuē，予yú有yǒu乱luàn臣chén十shí人rén。孔kǒng子zǐ曰yuē，才cái难nán，不bù其qí然rán乎hū，唐táng虞yú之zhī际jì，于yú斯sī为wéi盛shèng，有yǒu妇fù人rén焉yān，九jiǔ人rén而ér已yǐ。三sān分fēn天tiān下xià有yǒu其qí二èr，以yǐ服fú事shì殷yīn，周zhōu之zhī德dé，其qí可kě谓wèi至zhì德dé也yě已yǐ矣yǐ。

Modern Chinese Guide

舜有五位贤臣，天下就治理好了。周武王说：我有十位能治理天下的能臣。孔子说：人才难得，不就是这样吗？唐尧、虞舜以后，就数周武王这个时候人才最兴盛了。可是十人当中还有一位妇女，实际上只有九位罢了。周文王得了天下的三分之二，仍然向殷商称臣事奉。周朝的德行，可以说是最高尚的了。

James Legge Translation

1. Shun had five ministers, and the empire was well-governed. 2. King Wu said, "I have ten able ministers." 3. Confucius said, "Is not the saying that talents are difficult to find, true? Only when the dynasties of T'ang and Yu met, were they more abundant than in this of Chau, yet there was a woman among them. The able ministers were no more than nine men. 4. "King Wan possessed two of the three parts of the empire, and with those he served the dynasty of Yin. The virtue of the house of Chau may be said to have reached the highest point 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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