子曰,人能弘道,非道弘人。
Modern Chinese Guide
孔子说:人能够弘扬道,而不是道来弘扬人。
James Legge Translation
The Master said, "A man can enlarge the principles which he follows; those principles do not enlarge the man."
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。