University · Moderate

Chapter 18 Self-cultivation
[Original text]

The Master said: "Taoist ① can't do it, husband ②!"

【Note】

① Qi: modal particle, expressing speculation.

②今夫 (fú): an interjection, expressing an exclamation.

【Translation】

Confucius said: "I am afraid that the principle of the mean cannot be practiced in the world!"

[Zhu Xi Tips]

RightChapter 5.

【Translation】

Zhu Xi reminded that the above paragraph is Chapter 5.

(End of this chapter)