曾子曰，吾闻诸夫子，人未有自致者也，必也亲丧乎。
Modern Chinese Guide
曾子说：我听老师说过，人平时未必能自然充分地流露真情，如果一定有的话，那大概是在父母去世居丧的时候吧。
James Legge Translation
The philosopher Tsang said, "I heard this from our Master:—'Men may not have shown what is in them to the full extent, and yet they will be found to do so, on occasion of mourning for their parents.'"
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。