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樊fán迟chí请qǐng学xué稼jià。子zǐ曰yuē，吾wú不bù如rú老lǎo农nóng。请qǐng学xué为wéi圃pǔ。曰yuē，吾wú不bù如rú老lǎo圃pǔ。樊fán迟chí出chū。子zǐ曰yuē，小xiǎo人rén哉zāi，樊fán须xū也yě。上shàng好hào礼lǐ，则zé民mín莫mò敢gǎn不bú敬jìng，上shàng好hào义yì，则zé民mín莫mò敢gǎn不bù服fú，上shàng好hào信xìn，则zé民mín莫mò敢gǎn不bú用yòng情qíng，夫fú如rú是shì，则zé四sì方fāng之zhī民mín，襁qiǎng负fù其qí子zǐ而ér至zhì矣yǐ，焉yān用yòng稼jià。

Modern Chinese Guide

樊迟请求学种庄稼。孔子说：我不如老农。樊迟又请求学种菜。孔子说：我不如老菜农。樊迟出去后，孔子说：樊须真是个器量狭小的人啊！在上位的人爱好礼，百姓就没有敢不恭敬的；在上位的人爱好义，百姓就没有敢不服从的；在上位的人爱好信，百姓就没有敢不用真情相待的。做到这样，四方的百姓就会背着自己的孩子前来投奔，哪里用得着自己去种庄稼呢？

James Legge Translation

1. Fan Ch'ih requested to be taught husbandry. The Master said, "I am not so good for that as an old husbandman." He requested also to be taught gardening, and was answered, "I am not so good for that as an old gardener." 2. Fan Ch'ih having gone out, the Master said, "A small man, indeed, is Fan Hsu! 3. If a superior love propriety, the people will not dare not to be reverent. If he love righteousness, the people will not dare not to submit to his example. If he love good faith, the people will not dare not to be sincere. Now, when these things obtain, the people from all quarters will come to him, bearing their children on their backs;—what need has he of a knowledge of husbandry?"

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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