子曰,人之生也直,罔之生也,幸而免。
Modern Chinese Guide
孔子说:人能生存,是因为正直;不正直的人也能生存,那不过是侥幸地免于祸患罢了。
James Legge Translation
The Master said, "Man is born for uprightness. If a man lose his uprightness, and yet live, his escape from death is the effect of mere good fortune."
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。