【原文】
〝唐棣之華，偏其反而，豈不爾思？空是遠而。〞子曰：〝未之思也。夫何遠之有？〞
【參考譯文】
古代有一首詩說：〝康棣樹開花，搖擺翩翩。我不是不思念你，是因為路途遙遠。〞孔子說：〝這不是想念，如果真的想念，怎麼會覺得遙遠？〞
【English Translation】
A poem of old reads: "The aspen plum blossoms! Bent towards me it waves! It’s not that I do not think of you. But that your home is too far away. "
Confucius said: "The writer of this poem does not really miss his beloved. If he did, how could he feel that his beloved is too far away? "
Note: For Confucius, the subject of the poem is possibly benevolence.