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子zǐ贡gòng问wèn曰yuē，乡xiāng人rén皆jiē好hào之zhī，何hé如rú。子zǐ曰yuē，未wèi可kě也yě。乡xiāng人rén皆jiē恶wù之zhī，何hé如rú。子zǐ曰yuē，未wèi可kě也yě。不bù如rú乡xiāng人rén之zhī善shàn者zhě好hào之zhī，其qí不bú善shàn者zhě恶wù之zhī。

Modern Chinese Guide

子贡问道：全乡的人都喜欢他，这个人怎么样？孔子说：还不能肯定。子贡又问：全乡的人都厌恶他，这个人怎么样？孔子说：也还不能肯定。最好是全乡的好人喜欢他，全乡的坏人厌恶他。

James Legge Translation

Tsze-kung asked, saying, "What do you say of a man who is loved by all the people of his neighborhood?" The Master replied, "We may not for that accord our approval of him." "And what do you say of him who is hated by all the people of his neighborhood?" The Master said, "We may not for that conclude that he is bad. It is better than either of these cases that the good in the neighborhood love him, and the bad hate him."

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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