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Tsze Han · 22

子zǐ曰yuē，后hòu生shēng可kě畏wèi，焉yān知zhī来lái者zhě之zhī不bù如rú今jīn也yě，四sì十shí五wǔ十shí而ér无wú闻wén焉yān，斯sī亦yì不bù足zú畏wèi也yě已yǐ。

Modern Chinese Guide

孔子说：年轻人是值得敬畏的，怎么知道后来的人赶不上现在的人呢？但如果一个人到了四五十岁还没有什么名声，那也就不值得敬畏了。

James Legge Translation

The Master said, "A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do we know that his future will not be equal to our present? If he reach the age of forty or fifty, and has not made himself heard of, then indeed he will not be worth being regarded with respect."

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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