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子zǐ贡gòng问wèn君jūn子zǐ，子zǐ曰yuē，先xiān行xíng其qí言yán，而ér后hòu从cóng之zhī。

Modern Chinese Guide

子贡问怎样才算君子。孔子说：先把要说的话实行出来，然后再按照已经做到的去说。

James Legge Translation

Tsze-kung asked what constituted the superior man. The Master said, "He acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his actions."

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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