Hsien Wan · 42

子zǐ击jí磬qìng于yú卫wèi。有yǒu荷hè蒉kuì者zhě而ér过guò孔kǒng氏shì之zhī门mén者zhě,曰yuē,有yǒu心xīn哉zāi。击jí磬qìng乎hū。既jì而ér曰yuē,鄙bǐ哉zāi,硁kēng硁kēng乎hū。莫mò己jǐ知zhī也yě,斯sī已jǐ而ér已yǐ矣yǐ。深shēn则zé厉lì,浅qiǎn则zé揭qì。子zǐ曰yuē,果guǒ哉zāi。末mò之zhī难nán矣yǐ。

Modern Chinese Guide

孔子在卫国敲击石磬。有个挑着草筐的人从孔子门前经过,说:这敲磬的人是有心思的啊。过了一会儿又说:真鄙陋啊,这硁硁的磬声!没有人了解自己,就自己算了吧。水深就索性穿着衣服过河,水浅就撩起衣裳过去。孔子说:说得真果断啊!要这样的话,就没有什么难处了。

James Legge Translation

1. The Master was playing, one day, on a musical stone in Wei, when a man, carrying a straw basket, passed the door

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。

Ask Confucius: local reflection

No model API is called. This local rule mode uploads nothing and keeps source, explanation, and reflection separate.

Local rule response
Fixed passage context
Human boundaries before model-backed chat
This is a token-free local reflection box. It calls no model, uploads no question, and only uses this passage, its guide, and fixed rules.