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Pa Yih / 16

子曰，射不主皮，为力不同科，古之道也。

Modern Chinese Guide

孔子说：比射箭不在于能否射穿箭靶的皮革，因为各人的力气大小不等，这是古时候的规矩。

James Legge Translation

The Master said, "In archery it is not going through the leather which is the principal thing;—because people's strength is not equal. This was the old way."

Notes and themes

  • 底本：Wikisource 整理的 James Legge《The Chinese Classics》公版中英文本。
  • 中文由繁体转为简体，后续白话解释需逐章审校。
  • 白话参考底本：《白话论语读本》，张兆瑢、沈元起编译，上海广益书局1948 年新三版。
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