《礼记·表记》
孔子说： 君子不以华而不实的话恭维人，这样就会在百姓中间形成忠实的风气。
子曰： 君子不以口誉人，则民作忠。
Confucius said: "Gentlemen do not flatter people with empty words, so that loyalty will be established among the people."
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English interpretation: Confucius said: "Gentlemen do not flatter people with empty words, so that loyalty will be established among the people."
Structural analysis:
- 子曰 (zǐyuē): "Confucius said" - a common phrase introducing a quote from Confucius.
- 君子 (jūnzǐ): "gentlemen" - a term used to refer to people of high moral character.
- 不 (bù): "not" - a negation particle.
- 以口 (yǐ kǒu): "with mouth" - in this context, "with empty words" or "with flattery".
- 誉人 (yù rén): "to flatter people" - a verb-object compound meaning "to praise someone excessively or insincerely".
- 则 (zé): "so that" - a conjunction indicating the purpose or consequence of an action.
- 民 (mín): "people" - in this context, "the common people" or "the masses".
- 作 (zuò): "to establish" - a verb often used in the sense of "to bring about" or "to accomplish".
- 忠 (zhōng): "loyalty" - a virtue highly valued in Confucianism, referring to faithfulness and devotion to others.</s>
Break down the structure and provide an English interpretation of the presented Classical Chinese phrase: 子曰： 君子不以口誉人，则民作忠。
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English interpretation: Confucius said: "Gentlemen do not flatter people with empty words, so that loyalty will be established among the people."
Structural analysis:
- 子曰 (zǐyuē): "Confucius said" - a common phrase introducing a quote from Confucius.
- 君子 (jūnzǐ): "gentlemen" - a term used to refer to people of high moral character.
- 不 (bù): "not" - a negation particle.
- 以口 (yǐ kǒu): "with mouth" - in this context, "with empty words" or "with flattery".
- 誉人 (yù rén): "to flatter people" - a verb-object compound meaning "to praise someone excessively or insincerely".
- 则 (zé): "so that" - a conjunction indicating the purpose or consequence of an action.
- 民 (mín): "people" - in this context, "the common people" or "the masses".
- 作 (zuò): "to establish" - a verb often used in the sense of "to bring about" or "to accomplish".
- 忠 (zhōng): "loyalty" - a virtue highly valued in Confucianism, referring to faithfulness and devotion to others.
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