子zǐ谓wèi伯bó鱼yú曰yuē，女rǔ为wéi周zhōu南nán召shào南nán矣yǐ乎hū，人rén而ér不bù为wéi周zhōu南nán召shào南nán，其qí犹yóu正zhèng墙qiáng面miàn而ér立lì也yě与yú。

Modern Chinese Guide

孔子对儿子伯鱼说：你研习过《周南》《召南》了吗？一个人如果不研习《周南》《召南》，那就像面对着墙壁站着一样，什么也看不见、寸步难行啊。

James Legge Translation

The Master said to Po-yu, "Do you give yourself to the Chau-nan and the Shao-nan. The man who has not studied the Chau-nan and the Shao-nan, is like one who stands with his face right against a wall. Is he not so?"

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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