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司sī马mǎ牛niú忧yōu曰yuē，人rén皆jiē有yǒu兄xiōng弟dì，我wǒ独dú亡wú。子zǐ夏xià曰yuē，商shāng闻wén之zhī矣yǐ。死sǐ生shēng有yǒu命mìng，富fù贵guì在zài天tiān。君jūn子zǐ敬jìng而ér无wú失shī，与yǔ人rén恭gōng而ér有yǒu礼lǐ，四sì海hǎi之zhī内nèi，皆jiē兄xiōng弟dì也yě，君jūn子zǐ何hé患huàn乎hū无wú兄xiōng弟dì也yě。

Modern Chinese Guide

司马牛忧愁地说：别人都有兄弟，唯独我没有。子夏说：我听说过这样的话：死生自有命运安排，富贵在于上天决定。君子只要做事恭敬谨慎而没有过失，待人恭敬而合乎礼，那么四海之内的人，都是自己的兄弟。君子何必忧愁没有兄弟呢？

James Legge Translation

1. Sze-ma Niu, full of anxiety, said, "Other men all have their brothers, I only have not." 2. Tsze-hsia said to him, "There is the following saying which I have heard:— 3. "'Death and life have their determined appointment; riches and honours depend upon Heaven.' 4. "Let the superior man never fail reverentially to order his own conduct, and let him be respectful to others and observant of propriety:—then all within the four seas will be his brothers. What has the superior man to do with being distressed because he has no brothers?"

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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