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Hsien Tsin · 22

子zǐ畏wèi于yú匡kuāng，颜yán渊yuān后hòu，子zǐ曰yuē，吾wú以yǐ女rǔ为wéi死sǐ矣yǐ。曰yuē，子zǐ在zài，回huí何hé敢gǎn死sǐ。

Modern Chinese Guide

孔子在匡地被围而遭遇危难，颜渊落在了后面。孔子说：我以为你已经死了。颜渊说：先生您还活着，我怎么敢轻易去死呢？

James Legge Translation

The Master was put in fear in K'wang and Yen Yuan fell behind. The Master, on his rejoining him, said, "I thought you had died." Hui replied, "While you were alive, how should I presume to die?"

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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