子zǐ游yóu问wèn孝xiào，子zǐ曰yuē，今jīn之zhī孝xiào者zhě，是shì谓wèi能néng养yǎng，至zhì于yú犬quǎn马mǎ，皆jiē能néng有yǒu养yǎng，不bú敬jìng，何hé以yǐ别bié乎hū。

Modern Chinese Guide

子游问什么是孝。孔子说：现在所谓孝，常被理解为能够供养父母。可是犬马也能得到饲养；如果没有敬意，人与犬马的供养又有什么区别呢？

James Legge Translation

Tsze-yu asked what filial piety was. The Master said, "The filial piety of now-a-days means the support of one's parents. But dogs and horses likewise are able to do something in the way of support;—without reverence, what is there to distinguish the one support given from the other?"

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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