Confucian Analects · Analects 7.26
The Master angled,-- but did not use a net. He shot,-- but not at birds perching.
Chinese · source text【廿六章】子釣而不綱、弋不射宿。
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Confucius · English translation by James Legge · bilingual transcription
James Legge, The Chinese Classics, Volume 1: Confucian Analects · Project Gutenberg #4094
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