Analects 6.17

Original Text:

子曰谁能出不由户何莫由斯道也

Translation:

Other Translations:

The Master said, “Who is able to leave a room without going out through the door? How is it, then, that no one follows this Way?”

Confucius, & Slingerland, E. (2003). Analects: With selections from traditional commentaries. Hackett Publishing.

The Master said, Who can go out of a house without using the door? Why does no one use this Way of mine?

Confucius, & Watson, B. (2007). The Analects of Confucius. Columbia University Press.