子曰,巧言乱德,小不忍,则乱大谋。
Modern Chinese Guide
孔子说:花言巧语会败坏道德,小事上不能忍耐,就会败坏大的谋划。
James Legge Translation
The Master said, "Specious words confound virtue. Want of forbearance in small matters confounds great plans."
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。