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."
Source: James Legge, public domain, 1893.
Notes
- 底本:Wikisource 整理的 James Legge《The Chinese Classics》公版中英文本(1893–1895)。
- 简体化:原文由繁体转为简体(OpenCC),与公版英译逐句对应。
- 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。