子曰,善人教民七年,亦可以即戎矣。
Modern Chinese Guide
孔子说:善人教导训练百姓七年,也就可以让他们去作战了。
James Legge Translation
The Master said, "Let a good man teach the people seven years, and they may then likewise be employed in war."
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。
- 白话参考底本:《白话论语读本》,张兆瑢、沈元起编译,上海广益书局1948 年新三版。