Exploring the Analects

Exploring the Analects

Book 19: 《子張》 Zi Zhang

《子張》 Passage 19.20

子貢曰:「紂之不善,不如是之甚也。是以君子惡居下流,天下之惡皆歸焉。」

Legge Translation (1861)

Zigong said: "Zhou's wickedness was not so great as that name implies. Therefore, the superior man hates to dwell in a low-lying situation, where all the evil of the world will flow in upon him."
子貢

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