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子zǐ曰yuē，不bú愤fèn不bù启qǐ，不bù悱fěi不bù发fā，擧jǔ一yì隅yú，不bù以yǐ三sān隅yú反fǎn，则zé不bú复fù也yě。

Modern Chinese Guide

孔子说：不到他苦思冥想仍不得其解的时候，不去开导他；不到他想说却说不出来的时候，不去启发他。教他一个角，他不能由此推知另外三个角，我就不再教他了。

James Legge Translation

The Master said, "I do not open up the truth to one who is not eager to get knowledge, nor help out any one who is not anxious to explain himself. When I have presented one corner of a subject to any one, and he cannot from it learn the other three, I do not repeat my lesson."

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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