子曰,孟公绰,为赵魏老则优,不可以为滕薛大夫。
Modern Chinese Guide
孔子说:孟公绰做晋国赵氏、魏氏的家臣绰绰有余,却不能做滕国、薛国这样小国的大夫。
James Legge Translation
The Master said, "Mang Kung-ch'o is more than fit to be chief officer in the families of Chao and Wei, but he is not fit to be great officer to either of the States Tang or Hsieh."
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。
- 白话参考底本:《白话论语读本》,张兆瑢、沈元起编译,上海广益书局1948 年新三版。