子zǐ贡gòng曰yuē，君jūn子zǐ之zhī过guò也yě，如rú日rì月yuè之zhī食shí焉yān，过guò也yě，人rén皆jiē见jiàn之zhī，更gēng也yě，人rén皆jiē仰yǎng之zhī。

Modern Chinese Guide

子贡说：君子的过错好比日食月食：犯了过错，人人都看得见；改正过错，人人都仰望着他。

James Legge Translation

Tsze-kung said, "The faults of the superior man are like the eclipses of the sun and moon. He has his faults, and all men see them; he changes again, and all men look up to 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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