子曰:“天生德于予,桓魋其如予何?”
1The Master said, 'Heaven produced the virtue that is in me. Hwan T'ui-- what can he do to me?'
The Master said, 'Heaven produced the virtue that is in me. Hwan T'ui-- what can he do to me?'
1The Master said, 'Heaven produced the virtue that is in me. Hwan T'ui-- what can he do to me?'
The notes printed with this passage in Chinese editions, kept in Chinese, for readers who come to the text that way.
桓魋:宋国的司马(主管军政的官)。孔子离开卫国去陈国,经过宋国,和弟子们在大树下演习礼仪,桓想杀孔子,砍掉大树,孔子于是离去。弟子催他快跑,孔子便说:“天生德于予,桓魋其如予何!”