子贡曰：“夫子之文章，可得而闻也：夫子之言性与天道，不可得而闻也。”
1Tsze-kung said, 'The Master's personal displays of his principles and ordinary descriptions of them may be heard. His discourses about man's nature, and the way of Heaven, cannot be heard.'
Book 5, Passage 5.13
Tsze-kung said, 'The Master's personal displays of his principles and ordinary descriptions of them may be heard. His discourses about man's nature, and the way…
子贡曰：“夫子之文章，可得而闻也：夫子之言性与天道，不可得而闻也。”
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The notes printed with this passage in Chinese editions, kept in Chinese, for readers who come to the text that way.
天道：天命。《论语》中孔子多处讲到天和命，但不见有孔子关于天道的言论。