孺悲欲见孔子，孔子辞以疾，将命者出户，取瑟而歌，使之闻之。
Modern Chinese Guide
孺悲想见孔子，孔子推说有病不见。传话的人刚出房门，孔子就取过瑟来边弹边唱，故意让孺悲听见。
James Legge Translation
Zu Pei wished to see Confucius, but Confucius declined, on the ground of being sick, to see him. When the bearer of this message went out at the door, (the Master) took his lute and sang to it, in order that Pei might hear him.
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。