子zǐ曰yuē，吾wú有yǒu知zhī乎hū哉zāi，无wú知zhī也yě，有yǒu鄙bǐ夫fū问wèn于yú我wǒ，空kōng空kōng如rú也yě，我wǒ叩kòu其qí两liǎng端duān而ér竭jié焉yān。

Modern Chinese Guide

孔子说：我有知识吗？其实我并没有多少知识。有个乡下人来问我问题，我本来一无所知，只是从问题的正反两头去追问，尽力把道理弄明白罢了。

James Legge Translation

The Master said, "Am I indeed possessed of knowledge? I am not knowing. But if a mean person, who appears quite empty-like, ask anything of me, I set it forth from one end to the other, and exhaust it."

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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