唐棣之华，偏其反而，岂不尔思，室是远而。子曰，未之思也，夫何远之有。
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。
- 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。