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子zǐ禽qín问wèn于yú子zǐ贡gòng曰yuē，夫fū子zǐ至zhì于yú是shì邦bāng也yě，必bì闻wén其qí政zhèng，求qiú之zhī与yú，抑yì与yǔ之zhī与yú。子zǐ贡gòng曰yuē，夫fū子zǐ温wēn，良liáng，恭gōng，俭jiǎn，让ràng，以yǐ得dé之zhī，夫fū子zǐ之zhī求qiú之zhī也yě，其qí诸zhū异yì乎hū人rén之zhī求qiú之zhī与yú。

Modern Chinese Guide

子禽问子贡：老师每到一个国家，一定会听到那个国家的政事，是他主动求来的呢，还是别人主动告诉他的呢？子贡说：老师靠温和、善良、恭敬、俭朴、谦让而得到这些信息。他求得的方式，大概和别人求得的方式不同吧。

James Legge Translation

1. Tsze-ch'in asked Tsze-kung, saying, "When our master comes to any country, he does not fail to learn all about its government. Does he ask his information? or is it given to him?" 2. Tsze-kung said, "Our master is benign, upright, courteous, temperate, and complaisant, and thus he gets his information. The master's mode of asking information!—is it not different from that of other men?"

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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