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Tsze-chang / 4

子夏曰，虽小道，必有可观者焉，致远恐泥，是以君子不为也。

Modern Chinese Guide

子夏说：即使是小的技艺，也一定有可取之处，但要用它来成就远大的事业恐怕就会行不通，所以君子不去从事它。

James Legge Translation

Tsze-hsia said, "Even in inferior studies and employments there is something worth being looked at; but if it be

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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