“唐棣之华，偏其反而，岂不尔思？室是远而。”子曰：“未之思也，夫何远之有？”
1How the flowers of the aspen-plum flutter and turn! Do I not think of you? But your house is distant.
2The Master said, 'It is the want of thought about it. How is it distant?'
Book 9, Passage 9.31
How the flowers of the aspen-plum flutter and turn! Do I not think of you? But your house is distant.
“唐棣之华，偏其反而，岂不尔思？室是远而。”子曰：“未之思也，”…
All 31 passages in Book 931 of 31
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Chinese commentary · 1 notes
The notes printed with this passage in Chinese editions, kept in Chinese, for readers who come to the text that way.
“唐棣”四句：这是逸诗。上两句用以起兴。唐棣，木名。华，同“花”。偏其反而，露地摇摆。反，翻转摇摆。