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子zǐ曰yuē，孟mèng之zhī反fǎn不bù伐fá，奔bēn而ér殿diàn，将jiāng入rù门mén，策cè其qí马mǎ，曰yuē，非fēi敢gǎn后hòu也yě，马mǎ不bú进jìn也yě。

Modern Chinese Guide

孔子说：孟之反不夸耀自己。打了败仗撤退时他留在最后掩护，将进城门时，才鞭打着自己的马说：不是我敢于殿后，是马跑不快啊。

James Legge Translation

The Master said, "Mang Chih-fan does not boast of his merit. Being in the rear on an occasion of flight, when they were about to enter the gate, he whipped up his horse, saying, 'It is not that I dare to be last. My horse would not advance.'"

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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