子谓伯鱼曰，女为周南召南矣乎，人而不为周南召南，其犹正墙面而立也与。
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。
- 白话参考底本：《白话论语读本》，张兆瑢、沈元起编译，上海广益书局1948 年新三版。