Confucian Analects · Analects 10.18
1. Seeing the countenance, it instantly rises. It flies round, and by and by settles. 2. The Master said, 'There is the hen-pheasant on the hill bridge. At its season! At its season!' Tsze-lu made a motion to it. Thrice it smelt him and then rose.
Chinese · source text【十八章】【一節】色斯舉矣、翔而後集。【二節】曰、山梁雌雉、時哉時哉。子路共之、三嗅而作。
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James Legge, The Chinese Classics, Volume 1: Confucian Analects · Project Gutenberg #4094
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