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子曰：巧言令色，鮮矣仁。The Master said: Clever words and an ingratiating look — seldom are they humane.
白Plain Chinese
孔子说，花巧的言辞、讨好的脸色，往往很少有仁德。
Draft plain-Chinese rendering following Zhu Xi; it will be checked when the chapter is covered.
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Connections
- Same line elsewhere
- Analects 1.3 巧言令色，鮮矣仁！
- Analects 5.24 巧言、令色、足恭，左丘明恥之……
Relationship map of the whole book · The Analects, AI-reconstructed edition (PDF)
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见Cross-references
- 子曰：巧言令色， Elsewhere in the Analects：子曰：巧言令色，鲜矣仁！（《论语》集注分章1.3（底本第 15 页））
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