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Tsze-chang · 23

叔shū孙sūn武wǔ叔shū语yù大dà夫fū于yú朝cháo曰yuē，子zǐ贡gòng贤xián于yú仲zhòng尼ní。子zǐ服fú景jǐng伯bó以yǐ告gào子zǐ贡gòng。子zǐ贡gòng曰yuē，譬pì之zhī宫gōng墙qiáng，赐cì之zhī墙qiáng也yě，及jí肩jiān，窥kuī见jiàn室shì家jiā之zhī好hǎo。夫fū子zǐ之zhī墙qiáng，数shù仞rèn，不bù得dé其qí门mén而ér入rù，不bú见jiàn宗zōng庙miào之zhī美měi，百bǎi官guān之zhī富fù。得dé其qí门mén者zhě或huò寡guǎ矣yǐ，夫fū子zǐ之zhī云yún，不bú亦yì宜yí乎hū。

Modern Chinese Guide

叔孙武叔在朝廷上对大夫们说：子贡比仲尼还要贤能。子服景伯把这话告诉了子贡。子贡说：拿围墙作比方吧，我家的围墙只有齐肩高，人们从墙外就能看见里面房屋的美好。我老师的围墙却有几丈高，如果找不到门进去，就看不见里面宗庙的富丽堂皇、各种房舍的多姿多彩。能找到那门的人大概很少吧。叔孙武叔那样说，不也是很自然的吗？

James Legge Translation

1. Shu-sun Wu-shu observed to the great officers in the court, saying, "Tsze-kung is superior to Chung-ni." 2. Tsze-fu Ching-po reported the observation to Tsze-kung, who said, "Let me use the comparison of a house and its encompassing wall. My wall only reaches to the shoulders. One may peep over it, and see whatever is valuable in the apartments. 3. "The wall of my Master is several fathoms high. If one do not find the door and enter by it, he cannot see the ancestral temple with its beauties, nor all the officers in their rich array. 4. "But I may assume that they are few who find the door. Was not the observation of the chief only what might have been expected?"

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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