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Hsien Tsin · 09

颜yán渊yuān死sǐ，子zǐ哭kū之zhī恸tòng，从zòng者zhě曰yuē，子zǐ恸tòng矣yǐ。曰yuē，有yǒu恸tòng乎hū。非fēi夫fú人rén之zhī为wèi恸tòng而ér谁shuí为wèi。

Modern Chinese Guide

颜渊死了，孔子哭得极其悲痛。跟随的人说：先生您太悲痛了。孔子说：真的太悲痛了吗？我不为这样的人悲痛，还要为谁悲痛呢？

James Legge Translation

1. When Yen Yuan died, the Master bewailed him exceedingly, and the disciples who were with him said, "Master, your grief is excessive?" 2. "Is it excessive?" said he. 3. "If I am not to mourn bitterly for this man, for whom should I mourn?"

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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