卫wèi公gōng孙sūn朝cháo问wèn于yú子zǐ贡gòng曰yuē，仲zhòng尼ní焉yān学xué。子zǐ贡gòng曰yuē，文wén，武wǔ之zhī道dào，未wèi坠zhuì于yú地dì，在zài人rén。贤xián者zhě识zhì其qí大dà者zhě，不bù贤xián者zhě识zhì其qí小xiǎo者zhě，莫mò不bù有yǒu文wén，武wǔ之zhī道dào焉yān。夫fū子zǐ焉yān不bù学xué。而ér亦yì何hé常cháng师shī之zhī有yǒu。

James Legge Translation

1. Kung-sun Ch'ao of Wei asked Tsze-kung, saying, "From whom did Chung-ni get his learning?" 2. Tsze-kung replied, "The doctrines of Wan and Wu have not yet fallen to the ground. They are to be found among men. Men of talents and virtue remember the greater principles of them, and others, not possessing such talents and virtue, remember the smaller. Thus, all possess the doctrines of Wan and Wu. Where could our Master go that he should not have an opportunity of learning them? And yet what necessity was there for his having a regular master?"

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。