孟武伯问孝,子曰,父母唯其疾之忧。
Modern Chinese Guide
孟武伯问什么是孝。孔子说:做子女的,最该让父母只为自己的疾病担忧,而不为其他过失担忧。
James Legge Translation
Mang Wu asked what filial piety was. The Master said, "Parents are anxious lest their children should be sick."
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。