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Yen Yuan · 15

子zǐ曰yuē，博bó学xué于yú文wén，约yuē之zhī以yǐ礼lǐ，亦yì可kě以yǐ弗fú畔pàn矣yǐ夫fú。

Modern Chinese Guide

孔子说：广泛地学习文献典籍，再用礼来约束自己，也就可以不至于离经叛道了吧。

James Legge Translation

The Master said, "By extensively studying all learning, and keeping himself under the restraint of the rules of propriety, one may thus likewise not err from what is right."

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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