子曰,道听而涂说,德之弃也。
Modern Chinese Guide
孔子说:在路上听到传言就到处传播,这是背弃道德的行为。
James Legge Translation
The Master said, "To tell, as we go along, what we have heard on the way, is to cast away our 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。
- 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。