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子zǐ曰yuē，不bù得dé中zhōng行xíng而ér与yǔ之zhī，必bì也yě狂kuáng狷juàn乎hū，狂kuáng者zhě进jìn取qǔ，狷juàn者zhě有yǒu所suǒ不bù为wéi也yě。

Modern Chinese Guide

孔子说：找不到言行合乎中庸之道的人来交往，那一定要找到狂放和狷介的人吧。狂放的人勇于进取，狷介的人有所不为。

James Legge Translation

The Master said, "Since I cannot get men pursuing the due medium, to whom I might communicate my instructions, I must find the ardent and the cautiously-decided. The ardent will advance and lay hold of truth; the cautiously-decided will keep themselves from what is wrong."

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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