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子路宿于石门，晨门曰，奚自。子路曰，自孔氏。曰，是知其不可而为之者与。

Modern Chinese Guide

子路夜里住在石门。守城门的人问：从哪里来？子路说：从孔家来。守门人说：就是那个明知做不到却还要去做的人吗？

James Legge Translation

Tsze-lu happening to pass the night in Shih-man, the gatekeeper said to him, "Whom do you come from?" Tsze-lu said, "From Mr. K'ung." "It is he,—is it not?"—said the other, "who knows the impracticable nature of the times and yet will be doing in them."

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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