子曰:“不逆诈,不亿不信,抑亦先觉者,是贤乎!”
1The Master said, 'He who does not anticipate attempts to deceive him, nor think beforehand of his not being believed, and yet apprehends these things readily (when they occur);-- is he not a man of superior worth?'
The Master said, 'He who does not anticipate attempts to deceive him, nor think beforehand of his not being believed, and yet apprehends these things readily…
1The Master said, 'He who does not anticipate attempts to deceive him, nor think beforehand of his not being believed, and yet apprehends these things readily (when they occur);-- is he not a man of superior worth?'
The notes printed with this passage in Chinese editions, kept in Chinese, for readers who come to the text that way.
逆诈:逆,事先预料。逆诈,据颜师古:“谓以诈意逆猜人也。”
亿:通“臆”,主观臆测。