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Yang Ho · 13

子zǐ曰yuē，乡xiāng原yuàn，德dé之zhī贼zéi也yě。

Modern Chinese Guide

孔子说：那种看似忠厚老实、实则同流合污讨好世人的所谓好好先生，是败坏道德的人。

James Legge Translation

The Master said, "Your good, careful people of the villages are the thieves of virtue."

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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