【原文】
子曰:〝譬如为山,未成一篑,止,吾止也。譬如平地,虽覆一篑,进,吾往也。〞
【參考译文】
孔子说:〝好比用土堆山,只差一筐土就堆成了,如果停下来,山就堆不出来了。又好比用土填坑,虽然刚倒一筐土,只要坚持下去,平地就填出来了。〞
【English Translation】
Confucius said: "Just like the building of a mound, if I choose to stop before the last basket of earth has been poured, the job will never be complete. And just like levelling the ground, even if only one bucketful of earth has been poured in initially, I will progress because I choose to go ahead. "