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公孫丑曰:「道則高矣,美矣,宜若登天然,似不可及也。何不使彼為可幾及而日孳孳也?」 |
| Jin Xin I: |
Gong Sun Chou said, 'Lofty are your principles and admirable, but to learn them may well be likened to ascending the heavens - something which cannot be reached. Why not adapt your teaching so as to cause learners to consider them attainable, and so daily exert themselves!' |
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孟子曰:「大匠不為拙工改廢繩墨,羿不為拙射變其彀率。君子引而不發,躍如也。中道而立,能者從之。」 |
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Mencius said, 'A great artificer does not, for the sake of a stupid workman, alter or do away with the marking-line. Yi did not, for the sake of a stupid archer, charge his rule for drawing the bow. The superior man draws the bow, but does not discharge the arrow, having seemed to leap with it to the mark; and he there stands exactly in the middle of the path. Those who are able, follow him.' |