lunyu.ai
Passage-by-passage reading and listening
中文EN

Tsze-lu · 18

叶shè公gōng语yù孔kǒng子zǐ曰yuē，吾wú党dǎng有yǒu直zhí躬gōng者zhě，其qí父fù攘ráng羊yáng，而ér子zǐ证zhèng之zhī。孔kǒng子zǐ曰yuē，吾wú党dǎng之zhī直zhí者zhě异yì于yú是shì，父fù为wèi子zǐ隐yǐn，子zǐ为wèi父fù隐yǐn，直zhí在zài其qí中zhōng矣yǐ。

Modern Chinese Guide

叶公告诉孔子说：我家乡有个坦白正直的人，他父亲偷了羊，他便去告发。孔子说：我家乡正直的人和这不同：父亲替儿子隐瞒，儿子替父亲隐瞒，正直就在这里面了。

James Legge Translation

1. The Duke of Sheh informed Confucius, saying, "Among us here there are those who may be styled upright in their conduct. If their father have stolen a sheep, they will bear witness to the fact." 2. Confucius said, "Among us, in our part of the country, those who are upright are different from this. The father conceals the misconduct of the son, and the son conceals the misconduct of the father. Uprightness is to be found in this."

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。
ConfuciusPeopleListen to this passage

Ask Confucius: local reflection

No model API is called. This local rule mode uploads nothing and keeps source, explanation, and reflection separate.

Local rule response
Fixed passage context
Human boundaries before model-backed chat
This is a token-free local reflection box. It calls no model, uploads no question, and only uses this passage, its guide, and fixed rules.
SourcesMethodFAQCorrections