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Wei Zheng (為政), Chapter 2 | If the Three Hundred Poems Were Summed Up in One Phrase Traditional Chinese子曰:「詩三百,一言以蔽之,曰『思無邪』。」Simplified Chinese子曰:“诗三百,一言以蔽之,曰‘思无邪’。”PinyinZǐ yuē: “Shī sānbǎi, yī yán yǐ bì zhī, yuē ‘sī wú xié’.”Reading the Passage LiterallyConfucius said:“The three hundred poems can be summed up in a single phrase: ‘The thoughts are without crookedness.’”Put a little more naturally:“If the many poems of the Book of Poetry were summed up in one phrase, it would b.. 2026. 9. 1.
Xue Er (學而), Chapter 15 | If One Is Neither Servile in Poverty nor Arrogant in Wealth Traditional Chinese子貢曰:「貧而無諂,富而無驕,何如?」子曰:「可也。未若貧而樂,富而好禮者也。」子貢曰:「詩云:『如切如磋,如琢如磨。』其斯之謂與?」子曰:「賜也,始可與言詩已矣!告諸往而知來者。」Simplified Chinese子贡曰:“贫而无谄,富而无骄,何如?”子曰:“可也。未若贫而乐,富而好礼者也。”子贡曰:“诗云:‘如切如磋,如琢如磨。’其斯之谓与?”子曰:“赐也,始可与言诗已矣!告诸往而知来者。”PinyinZǐ Gòng yuē: “Pín ér wú chǎn, fù ér wú jiāo, hé rú?”Zǐ yuē: “Kě yě. Wèi ruò pín ér lè, fù ér hào lǐ zhě yě.”Zǐ Gòng yuē: “Shī yún: ‘Rú qiē rú cuō, rú zhuó rú mó.’ Qí sī zhī .. 2026. 8. 31.