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子zǐ曰yuē，学xué如rú不bù及jí，犹yóu恐kǒng失shī之zhī。

Modern Chinese Guide

孔子说：学习起来总觉得赶不上，学到了还生怕会丢失。

James Legge Translation

The Master said, "Learn as if you could not reach your object, and were always fearing also lest you should lose it."

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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