Book 16: 《季氏》 Ji Shi (The Ji Clan)
《季氏》 Passage 16.13
陳亢問於伯魚曰：「子亦有異聞乎？」對曰：「未也。嘗獨立，鯉趨而過庭。曰：『學詩乎？』對曰：『未也。』『不學詩，無以言。』鯉退而學詩。他日又獨立，鯉趨而過庭。曰：『學禮乎？』對曰：『未也。』『不學禮，無以立。』鯉退而學禮。聞斯二者。」陳亢退而喜曰：「問一得三，聞詩，聞禮，又聞君子之遠其子也。」
Legge Translation (1861)
Chen Kang asked Boyu, saying: "Have you heard any lessons from your father different from what we have all heard?"Boyu replied: "No. He was standing alone once, when I passed below the hall with hasty steps, and said to me, 'Have you learned the Odes?' On my replying 'Not yet,' he added: 'If you do not learn the Odes, you will not be fit to converse with.' I retired and studied the Odes.
Another day, he was in the same way standing alone, when I passed by below the hall with hasty steps, and said to me, 'Have you learned the rules of Propriety?' On my replying 'Not yet,' he added: 'If you do not learn the rules of Propriety, your character cannot be established.' I then retired, and learned the rules of Propriety.
I have heard only these two things from him."
Chen Kang retired, and, quite delighted, said: "I asked one thing, and I have got three things. I have heard about the Odes. I have heard about the rules of Propriety. I have also heard that the superior man maintains a distant reserve towards his son."
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