子夏曰,小人之过也,必文。
Modern Chinese Guide
子夏说:小人一有过错,一定要加以掩饰。
James Legge Translation
Tsze-hsia said, "The mean man is sure to gloss his faults."
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。