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樊fán迟chí问wèn知zhì。子zǐ曰yuē，务wù民mín之zhī义yì，敬jìng鬼guǐ神shén而ér远yuǎn之zhī，可kě谓wèi知zhì矣yǐ。问wèn仁rén。曰yuē，仁rén者zhě先xiān难nán而ér后hòu获huò，可kě谓wèi仁rén矣yǐ。

Modern Chinese Guide

樊迟问怎样才算聪明智慧。孔子说：专心去做对百姓合宜有益的事，敬奉鬼神而又远离它，这就可以算是聪明智慧了。樊迟又问怎样才算仁。孔子说：有仁德的人，凡事先付出艰苦的努力，然后才收获成果，这就可以算是仁了。

James Legge Translation

Fan Ch'ih asked what constituted wisdom. The Master said, "To give one's self earnestly to the duties due to men, and, while respecting spiritual beings, to keep aloof from them, may be called wisdom." He asked about perfect virtue. The Master said, "The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his first business, and success only a subsequent consideration;—this may be called perfect 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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