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子zǐ言yán卫wèi灵líng公gōng之zhī无wú道dào也yě。康kāng子zǐ曰yuē，夫fú如rú是shì，奚xī而ér不bú丧sàng。孔kǒng子zǐ曰yuē，仲zhòng叔shū圉yǔ治zhì宾bīn客kè，祝zhù𬶍tuó治zhì宗zōng庙miào，王wáng孙sūn贾jiǎ治zhì军jūn旅lǚ。夫fú如rú是shì，奚xī其qí丧sàng。

Modern Chinese Guide

孔子谈到卫灵公的昏庸无道。康子说：既然这样，为什么他没有败亡呢？孔子说：他有仲叔圉负责接待宾客，祝鮀负责管理宗庙祭祀，王孙贾负责统率军队。既然这样，怎么会败亡呢？

James Legge Translation

1. The Master was speaking about the unprincipled course of the duke Ling of Wei, when Ch'i K'ang said, "Since he is of such a character, how is it he does not lose his State?" 2. Confucius said, "The Chung-shu Yu has the superintendence of his guests and of strangers; the litanist, T'o, has the management

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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