Original Text:
子夏曰小人之过也必文
Translation:
Other Translations:
Zixia said, “When a petty person commits a transgression, he is sure to gloss it over.”
Confucius, & Slingerland, E. (2003). Analects: With selections from traditional commentaries. Hackett Publishing.
Zixia said, When the petty man makes a mistake, he invariably tries to gloss it over.
Confucius, & Watson, B. (2007). The Analects of Confucius. Columbia University Press.