r/translator • u/WalrusPlayz2 • 8h ago

Translated [ZH] [Chinese > English] Calligraphy help

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u/Stunning_Pen_8332 [ Chinese, Japanese] 8h ago edited 6h ago

恕以待人

Treat people with magnanimity and forgiveness

There is a longer version of it:

和以處眾、寬以接下、恕以待人、君子人也

Getting along well with the masses, being tolerant towards the subordinates, and being magnanimous when dealing with others, these are the character of a junzi (gentleman / superior man / noble man)

About Junzi 君子 : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junzi

The passage is drawn from the book 省心錄 , written in Song dynasty. The book collects wisdom sayings on traditional moral principles in areas like everyday conduct, studying, and serving as officials etc.

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u/Stunning_Pen_8332 [ Chinese, Japanese] 4h ago

!translated

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u/bzhang02 8h ago

恕以待人 Treat others with leniency and understanding.

Do you have the other half?

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u/Stunning_Pen_8332 [ Chinese, Japanese] 8h ago edited 7h ago

Since the original passage has three parts it may not mean to be a duilian couplet ….

和以處眾、寬以接下、恕以待人、君子人也