Confucian Analects · Analects 14.42
1. The Master was playing, one day, on a musical stone in Wei, when a man, carrying a straw basket, passed the door of the house where Confucius was, and said, 'His heart is full who so beats the musical stone.' 2. A little while after, he added, 'How contemptible is the one-ideaed obstinacy those sounds display! When one is taken no notice of, he has simply at once to give over his wish for public employment. "Deep water must be crossed with the clothes on; shallow water may be crossed with the clothes held up."' 3. The Master said, 'How determined is he in his purpose! But this is not difficult!'
Chinese · source text【四二章】【一節】子擊磬於衛、有荷蕢、而過孔氏之門者、曰、有心哉、擊磬乎。【二節】既、而曰、鄙哉、硜硜乎、莫己知也、斯已而已矣、深則厲、淺則揭。【三節】子曰、果哉、末之難矣。
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James Legge, The Chinese Classics, Volume 1: Confucian Analects · Project Gutenberg #4094
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