LJ31,019 博學之, 審問之, 愼思之, 明辨之, 篤行之,

널리 그것을 배우고,

의문을 가지고 탐색하며

신중하게 생각도 하고,

밝게 판단할 줄도 알고

독실하게 실천도 한다..

"To this attainment there are requisite

the extensive study of what is good,

accurate inquiry about it,

careful reflection on it,

the clear discrimination of it, and

the earnest practice of it.

有弗學, 學之弗能弗措也.

有弗問, 問之弗知弗措也.

有弗思, 思之弗得弗措也.

有弗辨, 辨之弗明弗措也.

有弗行, 行之弗篤弗措也.

人一能之, 己百之. 人十能之, 己千之.

배우지 않을 수도 있지만, 만약 배운다고 치면 능하지 않으면 그만두지 않는다..

질문을 안할 수도 있으나, 질문을 한다면 알지 않으면 그만두지 않는다..

생각을 안할 수도 있지만, 생각한다면, 얻기 전에는 그만두지 않는다.

가리지 않을 수도 있지만, 일단 가린다면 밝혀지기 전에는 그만두지 않는다..

행하지 않을 수도 있지만, 일단 행한다면, 독실하기 전에는 그만두지 않는다..

타인이 한 번에 해내면, 나는 백 번에 하고

타인의 열 번에 하면, 나는 천번에 그것을 하는도다..

"The superior man,

while there is anything he has not studied, or

while in what he has studied there is anything he cannot understand,

Will not intermit his labor.

While there is anything he has not inquired about, or anything in what he has inquired about which he does not know,

he will not intermit his labor.

While there is anything which he has not reflected on, or anything in what he has reflected on which he does not apprehend,

he will not intermit his labor.

While there is anything which he has not discriminated or his discrimination is not clear,

he will not intermit his labor.

If there be anything which he has not practiced, or his practice fails in earnestness,

he will not intermit his labor.

If another man succeed by one effort, he will use a hundred efforts.

If another man succeed by ten efforts, he will use a thousand.

果能此道矣, 雖愚必明, 雖柔必强(수우필명 수유필강).”

만약 이렇게 실천할 수 있다면

설혹 어리석다고 해도 반드시 밝아질 것이고

비록 약하다고 해도 반드시 강건해질 것이로다...

"Let a man proceed in this way, and,

though dull, he will surely become intelligent;

though weak, he will surely become strong."