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君子成人之美，不成人之恶。小人反是。
Close English reading
The noble person brings others' good purposes to completion and does not complete their wrongdoing; the petty person does the opposite.
Plain meaningSupport what is good in others instead of helping harm.
Why it fitsIt gives cooperation a moral direction: help good work succeed, but do not enable harm.
Original context and translation note
子曰：君子成人之美，不成人之恶。小人反是。
English wording on Gu Ren Said is an original reading aid, not a claim that there is only one valid literary translation.