子夏曰,虽小道,必有可观者焉,致远恐泥,是以君子不为也。
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。
- 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。