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Wei Chang · 22

子zǐ曰yuē，人rén而ér无wú信xìn，不bù知zhī其qí可kě也yě，大dà车jū无wú𫐐ní，小xiǎo车jū无wú𫐄yuè，其qí何hé以yǐ行xíng之zhī哉zāi。

Modern Chinese Guide

孔子说：一个人如果没有信用，我不知道他怎么能行得通。就像大车没有车轭上的横木，小车没有连接马的关键部件，车怎么能走呢？

James Legge Translation

The Master said, "I do not know how a man without truthfulness is to get on. How can a large carriage be made to go without the cross-bar for yoking the oxen to, or a small carriage without the arrangement for yoking the horses?"

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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