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Tsze-chang · 24

叔shū孙sūn武wǔ叔shū毁huǐ仲zhòng尼ní。子zǐ贡gòng曰yuē，无wú以yǐ为wéi也yě，仲zhòng尼ní不bù可kě毁huǐ也yě，他tā人rén之zhī贤xián者zhě，丘qiū陵líng也yě，犹yóu可kě逾yú也yě，仲zhòng尼ní，日rì月yuè也yě，无wú得dé而ér逾yú焉yān，人rén虽suī欲yù自zì绝jué，其qí何hé伤shāng于yú日rì月yuè乎hū，多duō见jiàn其qí不bù知zhī量liàng也yě。

Modern Chinese Guide

叔孙武叔诋毁仲尼。子贡说：不要这样做啊，仲尼是诋毁不了的。别人的贤良好比丘陵，还可以超越过去；仲尼好比太阳月亮，是没有办法超越的。有人即使想要自绝于日月，那对日月又有什么损害呢？只不过显出他不自量力罢了。

James Legge Translation

Shu-sun Wu-shu having spoken revilingly of Chung-ni, Tsze-kung said, "It is of no use doing so. Chung-ni cannot be reviled. The talents and virtue of other men are hillocks and mounds which may be stepped over. Chung-ni is the sun or moon, which it is not possible to step over. Although a man may wish to cut himself off from the sage, what harm can he do to the sun or moon? He only shows that he does not know his own capacity.

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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