Exploring the Analects

Exploring the Analects

Book 3: 《八佾》 Ba Yi (Eight Rows)

《八佾》 Passage 3.16

子曰:「射不主皮,為力不同科,古之道也。」

Legge Translation (1861)

The Master said: "In archery it is not going through the leather which is the principal thing; — because people's strength is not equal. This was the old way."

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