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Wei Ling Kung · 08

子zǐ曰yuē，志zhì士shì，仁rén人rén，无wú求qiú生shēng以yǐ害hài仁rén，有yǒu杀shā身shēn以yǐ成chéng仁rén。

Modern Chinese Guide

孔子说：志士仁人，不会为了求得活命而损害仁德，只会牺牲自己来成全仁德。

James Legge Translation

The Master said, "The determined scholar and the man of virtue will not seek to live at the expense of injuring their virtue. They will even sacrifice their lives to preserve their virtue complete."

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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