子zǐ曰yuē，予yú欲yù无wú言yán。子zǐ贡gòng曰yuē，子zǐ如rú不bù言yán，则zé小xiǎo子zǐ何hé述shù焉yān。子zǐ曰yuē，天tiān何hé言yán哉zāi，四sì时shí行xíng焉yān，百bǎi物wù生shēng焉yān，天tiān何hé言yán哉zāi。

Modern Chinese Guide

孔子说：我想不再说话了。子贡说：您如果不说话，那我们这些弟子还传述什么呢？孔子说：天说了什么呢？四季照样运行，万物照样生长，天说了什么呢？

James Legge Translation

1. The Master said, "I would prefer not speaking." 2. Tsze-kung said, "If you, Master, do not speak, what shall we, your disciples, have to record?" 3. The Master said, "Does Heaven speak? The four seasons pursue their courses, and all things are continually being produced, but does Heaven say anything?"

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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