唐táng棣dì之zhī华huā，偏piān其qí反fǎn而ér，岂qǐ不bù尔ěr思sī，室shì是shì远yuǎn而ér。子zǐ曰yuē，未wèi之zhī思sī也yě，夫fú何hé远yuǎn之zhī有yǒu。

Modern Chinese Guide

古诗说：唐棣的花朵，翩翩摇摆。我难道不思念你吗？只是你家住得太远了。孔子说：那是没有真正思念罢了，若真思念，又有什么遥远的呢？

James Legge Translation

1. How the flowers of the aspen-plum flutter and turn! Do I not think of you? But your house is distant. 2. The Master said, "It is the want of thought about it. How is it distant?"

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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