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Tsze-chang · 01

子zǐ张zhāng曰yuē，士shì，见jiàn危wēi致zhì命mìng，见jiàn得dé思sī义yì，祭jì思sī敬jìng，丧sāng思sī哀āi，其qí可kě已yǐ矣yǐ。

Modern Chinese Guide

子张说：读书人遇到危难能献出生命，见到有利可得能想到道义，祭祀时能想到恭敬，居丧时能想到哀痛，这样也就可以了。

James Legge Translation

Tsze-chang said, "The scholar, trained for public duty, seeing threatening danger, is prepared to sacrifice his life. When the opportunity of gain is presented to him, he thinks of righteousness. In sacrificing, his thoughts are reverential. In mourning, his thoughts are about the grief which he should feel. Such a man commands our approbation indeed."

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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