The Analects论语

Book 19, Passage 19.1

Tsze-chang said, 'The scholar, trained for public duty, seeing threatening danger, is prepared to sacrifice his life. When the opportunity of gain is presented…

子张曰:“士见危致命,见得思义,祭思敬,丧思哀,其可已矣。”
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子zǐ张zhāng曰yuē:“士shì见jiàn危wēi致zhì命mìng,见jiàn得de思sī义yì,祭jì思sī敬jìng,丧sāng思sī哀āi,其qí可kě已yǐ矣yǐ。”

1Tsze-chang said, 'The scholar, trained for public duty, seeing threatening danger, is prepared to sacrifice his life. When the opportunity of gain is presented to him, he thinks of righteousness. In sacrificing, his thoughts are reverential. In mourning, his thoughts are about the grief which he should feel. Such a man commands our approbation indeed.'

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