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子zǐ张zhāng问wèn明míng。子zǐ曰yuē，浸jìn润rùn之zhī谮zèn，肤fū受shòu之zhī愬sù，不bù行xíng焉yān，可kě谓wèi明míng也yě已yǐ矣yǐ，浸jìn润rùn之zhī谮zèn，肤fū受shòu之zhī愬sù，不bù行xíng焉yān，可kě谓wèi远yuǎn也yě已yǐ矣yǐ。

Modern Chinese Guide

子张请教怎样才算明智。孔子说：像水一样一点一滴渗透进来的谗言，像切肤之痛般迫切的诬告，在你这里都行不通，就可以算是明智了。像水一样渗透的谗言，像切肤之痛的诬告，在你这里都行不通，就可以算是有远见了。

James Legge Translation

Tsze-chang asked what constituted intelligence. The Master said, "He with whom neither slander that gradually soaks into the mind, nor statements that startle like a wound in the flesh, are successful, may be called intelligent indeed. Yea, he with whom neither soaking slander, nor startling statements, are successful, may be called farseeing."

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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