Question

且古之君子，過則改之；今之君子，過則順之。 且古之君子[qiě gǔ zhī jūn zǐ]， 過則改之[guò zé gǎi zhī]； 今之君子[jīn zhī jūn zǐ]， 過則順之[guò zé shùn zhī]。 Pattern: X則Y = 如果X的話，就Y/X的時候，Y; if X, then Y/when X, then Y

Accepted Answer

句子 Moreover, when the superior men of old had errors, they reformed them. The superior men of the present time, when they have errors, persist in them. Mencius 2.18

text	且古之君子，過則改之；今之君子，過則順之。
header	句子
text-pinyin	且古之君子[qiě gǔ zhī jūn zǐ]，過則改之[guò zé gǎi zhī]；今之君子[jīn zhī jūn zǐ]，過則順之[guò zé shùn zhī]。
englishtrans	Moreover, when the superior men of old had errors, they reformed them. The superior men of the present time, when they have errors, persist in them.
notes	Pattern: X則Y = 如果X的話，就Y/X的時候，Y; if X, then Y/when X, then Y
src	Mencius 2.18

Zhī Jūn Zǐ Zé Superior Men Errors X