子曰：“夷狄之有君，不如诸夏之亡也。”
1The Master said, 'The rude tribes of the east and north have their princes, and are not like the States of our great land which are without them.'
Book 3, Passage 3.5
The Master said, 'The rude tribes of the east and north have their princes, and are not like the States of our great land which are without them.'
子曰：“夷狄之有君，不如诸夏之亡也。”
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Chinese commentary · 2 notes
The notes printed with this passage in Chinese editions, kept in Chinese, for readers who come to the text that way.
夷狄：古代中原地区的人对周边地区的贬称，谓之不开化。
诸夏：古代中原地区华夏族的自称。亡：通“无”。