The Master said, 'I do not know how a man without truthfulness is to get on. How can a large carriage be made to go without the cross-bar for yoking the oxen to…
1The Master said, 'I do not know how a man without truthfulness is to get on. How can a large carriage be made to go without the cross-bar for yoking the oxen to, or a small carriage without the arrangement for yoking the horses?'
The notes printed with this passage in Chinese editions, kept in Chinese, for readers who come to the text that way.
而：如果。信：信誉。
大车：指牛车。輗：大车辕和车辕前横木相接的关键。
小车：指马车。軏的：马车辕前横木两端的木销。