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子zǐ游yóu曰yuē，吾wú友yǒu张zhāng也yě，为wéi难nán能néng也yě，然rán而ér未wèi仁rén。

Modern Chinese Guide

子游说：我的朋友子张，可算是难能可贵了，然而还没有做到仁。

James Legge Translation

Tsze-hsia said, "My friend Chang can do things which are hard to be done, but yet he is not perfectly virtuous."

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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