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Hsien Tsin · 07

颜yán渊yuān死sǐ，颜yán路lù请qǐng子zǐ之zhī车jū，以yǐ为wéi之zhī椁guǒ。子zǐ曰yuē，才cái不bù才cái，亦yì各gè言yán其qí子zǐ也yě，鲤lǐ也yě死sǐ，有yǒu棺guān而ér无wú椁guǒ，吾wú不bù徒tú行xíng以yǐ为wéi之zhī椁guǒ，以yǐ吾wú从cóng大dà夫fū之zhī后hòu，不bù可kě徒tú行xíng也yě。

Modern Chinese Guide

颜渊死了，他父亲颜路请求孔子卖掉车子，好给颜渊买外椁。孔子说：不管有才还是没才，说到底都是各人的儿子。我的儿子鲤死的时候，也只有内棺而没有外椁。我不能卖掉车子步行去替他置办外椁，因为我曾做过大夫，是不可以步行的。

James Legge Translation

1. When Yen Yuan died, Yen Lu begged the carriage of the Master to sell and get an outer shell for his son's coffin. 2. The Master said, "Every one calls his son his son, whether he has talents or has not talents. There was Li; when he died, he had a coffin but no outer shell. I would not walk on foot to get a shell for him, because, having followed in the rear of the great officers, it was not proper that I should walk on foot."

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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