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子zǐ曰yuē，君jūn子zǐ谋móu道dào不bù谋móu食shí，耕gēng也yě，馁něi在zài其qí中zhōng矣yǐ，学xué也yě，禄lù在zài其qí中zhōng矣yǐ，君jūn子zǐ忧yōu道dào，不bù忧yōu贫pín。

Modern Chinese Guide

孔子说：君子谋求的是道，不谋求衣食。耕田，也常会挨饿；求学，俸禄就在其中。君子只忧虑道能不能行，不忧虑贫穷。

James Legge Translation

The Master said, "The object of the superior man is truth. Food is not his object. There is plowing;—even in that there is sometimes want. So with learning;—emolument may be found in it. The superior man is anxious lest he should not get truth; he is not anxious lest poverty should come upon him."

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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