子zǐ贡gòng曰yuē，夫fū子zǐ之zhī文wén章zhāng，可kě得dé而ér闻wén也yě，夫fū子zǐ之zhī言yán性xìng与yǔ天tiān道dào，不bù可kě得dé而ér闻wén也yě。

Modern Chinese Guide

子贡说：老师关于诗书礼乐这些文章学问，我们能够听到；老师谈论人的本性和天道的道理，却是听不到的。

James Legge Translation

Tsze-kung said, "The Master's personal displays of his principles and ordinary descriptions of them may be heard. His discourses about man's nature, and the way of Heaven, cannot be heard."

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。

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