The Analects论语

Book 19, Passage 19.4

Tsze-hsia said, 'Even in inferior studies and employments there is something worth being looked at; but if it be attempted to carry them out to what is remote,…

子夏曰:“虽小道,必有可观者焉,致远恐泥,是以君子不为也。”
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子zǐ夏xià曰yuē:“虽suī小xiǎo道dào,必bì有yǒu可kě观guān者zhě焉yān,致zhì远yuǎn恐kǒng泥ní,是shì以yǐ君jūn子zǐ不bù为wéi也yě。”

1Tsze-hsia said, 'Even in inferior studies and employments there is something worth being looked at; but if it be attempted to carry them out to what is remote, there is a danger of their proving inapplicable. Therefore, the superior man does not practise them.'

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.

泥:阻滞,不通,妨碍。

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