19.20 子贡曰:“纣之不善1,不如是之甚也。是以君子恶居下流2,天下之恶皆归焉。”
【译文】
子贡说:“纣王的不善,也不像如今传说的那样厉害。所以君子不肯居于下流之地,以致天下的恶名都归集到他身上。”
【YZG解释】
子贡说:“纣王的不善,也没有传说中的那样严重。所以君子憎恶被居于道德下风,以致天下的恶名都归到他身上。”
【English Translation】
Zi Gong1 said: “The evil deeds of King Zhou of Shang were not as serious as rumored. Therefore, a noble person detests being at a moral disadvantage which results in all the bad reputations in the world being attributed to him.”
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