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子zǐ曰yuē，饱bǎo食shí终zhōng日rì，无wú所suǒ用yòng心xīn，难nán矣yǐ哉zāi，不bù有yǒu博bó弈yì者zhě乎hū，为wéi之zhī犹yóu贤xián乎hū已yǐ。

Modern Chinese Guide

孔子说：整天吃饱了饭，什么心思也不用，这真难办啊！不是还有掷骰下棋一类游戏吗？做做这些，也比闲着无所事事强。

James Legge Translation

The Master said, "Hard is it to deal with him, who will stuff himself with food the whole day, without applying his mind to anything good! Are there not gamesters and chess players? To be one of these would still be better than doing nothing at all."

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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