Confucian Analects · Analects 17.10
The Master said to Po-yu, 'Do you give yourself to the Chau-nan and the Shao-nan. The man who has not studied the Chau-nan and the Shao-nan, is like one who stands with his face right against a wall. Is he not so?'
Chinese · source text【第十章】子謂伯魚曰、女為周南召南矣乎、人而不為周南召南、其猶正牆面而立也與。
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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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