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子zǐ夏xià曰yuē，虽suī小xiǎo道dào，必bì有yǒu可kě观guān者zhě焉yān，致zhì远yuǎn恐kǒng泥nì，是shì以yǐ君jūn子zǐ不bù为wéi也yě。

Modern Chinese Guide

子夏说：即使是小的技艺，也一定有可取之处，但要用它来成就远大的事业恐怕就会行不通，所以君子不去从事它。

James Legge Translation

Tsze-hsia said, "Even in inferior studies and employments there is something worth being looked at; but if it be

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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