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I like the translation you posted - it is more beautiful and the sentiment is clearer to me. Though, as you say, I don’t know how faithful to the original it is
by crescit_eundo 3y ago
I like the translation you posted - it is more beautiful and the sentiment is clearer to me. Though, as you say, I don’t know how faithful to the original it is.
- 082349872349872 3y agoMy bad: Confucius was the original, about 1'000 years earlier than the 3-character classic. So they took his formal 4-character chengyu and boiled it down to fit their format.