子曰,性相近也,习相远也。
Modern Chinese Guide
孔子说:人的本性是相近的,只因后天习染不同才相差很远。
James Legge Translation
The Master said, "By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart."
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。