Confucian Analects · Analects 2.15
The Master said, 'Learning without thought is labour lost; thought without learning is perilous.'
Chinese · source text【十五章】子曰、學而不思則罔、思而不學則殆。
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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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