子曰,中庸之为德也,其至矣乎,民鲜久矣。
Modern Chinese Guide
孔子说:中庸作为一种道德,大概是最高的了吧!百姓缺乏这种道德已经很久了。
James Legge Translation
The Master said, "Perfect is the virtue which is according to the Constant Mean! Rare for a long time has been its practise among the people."
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。