子zǐ曰yuē，吾wú犹yóu及jí史shǐ之zhī阙quē文wén也yě，有yǒu马mǎ者zhě，借jiè人rén乘chéng之zhī，今jīn亡wú矣yǐ夫fú。

Modern Chinese Guide

孔子说：我还赶得上见到史官对有疑问的地方存而不写、有马的人肯借给别人骑用的时代，如今这种谨慎的风气没有了啊。

James Legge Translation

The Master said, "Even in my early days, a historiographer would leave a blank in his text, and he who had a horse would lend him to another to ride. Now, alas! there are no such things."

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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