The Master said to Po-yu, 'Do you give yourself to the Chau-nan and the Shao-nan. The man who has not studied the Chau-nan and the Shao-nan, is like one who…
1The Master said to Po-yu, 'Do you give yourself to the Chau-nan and the Shao-nan. The man who has not studied the Chau-nan and the Shao-nan, is like one who stands with his face right against a wall. Is he not so?'
The notes printed with this passage in Chinese editions, kept in Chinese, for readers who come to the text that way.
《周南》、《召南》：《诗经国风》中的第一二两部分篇名。周南和召南都是地名。这是当地的民歌。
正墙面而立：面向墙壁站立着。