子曰,其言之不怍,则为之也难。
Modern Chinese Guide
孔子说:一个人说大话而不觉得惭愧,那么要他做到就很难了。
James Legge Translation
The Master said, "He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good."
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。