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Hsien Wan · 02

克kè，伐fá，怨yuàn，欲yù，不bù行xíng焉yān，可kě以yǐ为wéi仁rén矣yǐ。子zǐ曰yuē，可kě以yǐ为wéi难nán矣yǐ，仁rén则zé吾wú不bù知zhī也yě。

Modern Chinese Guide

有人说：好胜、自夸、怨恨、贪欲，这几样都不表现出来，可以算是仁了吧。孔子说：这可以算是难能可贵了，至于是不是仁，我就不知道了。

James Legge Translation

1. "When the love of superiority, boasting, resentments, and covetousness are repressed, this may be deemed perfect virtue." 2. The Master said, "This may be regarded as the achievement of what is difficult. But I do not know that it is to be deemed perfect virtue."

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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