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		<title>Confucius -- The Analects [論語, 论语, Lúnyǔ], Book  2, verse 15 (2.15) (6th C. BC &#8211; AD 3rd C.) [tr. Ware (1950)]</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Learning without thought ends in a blur. Thought without learning will soon totter. &#160; [學而不思則罔、思而不學則殆。] Many (but not all) translators suggest that learning/study here is not general academics, but examining and maintaining the ancient traditions. (Source (Chinese)). Alternate translations: Learning without thought is labour lost; thought without learning is perilous. [tr. Legge (1861)] Learning with [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Learning without thought ends in a blur. Thought without learning will soon totter.<br />
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[學而不思則罔、思而不學則殆。]</p>
<br><b>Confucius</b> (c. 551- c. 479 BC) Chinese philosopher, sage, politician [孔夫子 (Kǒng Fūzǐ, K'ung Fu-tzu, K'ung Fu Tse), 孔子 (Kǒngzǐ, Chungni), 孔丘 (Kǒng Qiū, K'ung Ch'iu)]<br><i>The Analects</i> [論語, 论语, <i>Lúnyǔ]</i>, Book  2, verse 15 (2.15) (6th C. BC &#8211; AD 3rd C.) [tr. Ware (1950)] 
									<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<a href="https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.20677/page/25/mode/1up" target="_blank">Source</a>)
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Many (but not all) translators suggest that learning/study here is not general academics, but examining and maintaining the ancient traditions.<br><br>

(<a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Chinese_Classics/Volume_1/Confucian_Analects/II#:~:text=%E5%8D%81%E4%BA%94%E7%AB%A0%E3%80%91%E5%AD%90%E6%9B%B0%E3%80%81-,%E5%AD%B8%E8%80%8C%E4%B8%8D%E6%80%9D%E5%89%87%E7%BD%94%E3%80%81%E6%80%9D%E8%80%8C%E4%B8%8D%E5%AD%B8%E5%89%87%E6%AE%86%E3%80%82,-Chapter%20XV.%20The">Source (Chinese)</a>). Alternate translations:<br><br> 

<blockquote>Learning without thought is labour lost; thought without learning is perilous.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Chinese_Classics/Volume_1/Confucian_Analects/II#:~:text=Learning%20without%20thought%20is%20labour%20lost%3B%20thought%20without%20learning%20is%20perilous.">Legge</a> (1861)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Learning with [sic] thought is a snare; thought without learning is a danger.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.25525/page/49/mode/2up?q=%22raing+with+thought%22">Jennings</a> (1895)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Study without thinking is labour lost. Thinking without study is perilous.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/TheDiscoursesAndSayingsOfConfucius/page/n29/mode/2up?q=%22Study+without+thinking%22">Ku Hung-Ming</a> (1898)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Learning without thought is useless. Thought without learning is dangerous.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Analects_of_Confucius/I-O4nmWeSnwC?gbpv=1&bsq=%22learning%20without%20thought%22">Soothill</a> (1910)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Education without meditation is useless. Meditation without education is risky.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Analects_of_Confucius/I-O4nmWeSnwC?gbpv=1&bsq=%22Education%20without%20meditation%22">Soothill</a> (1910), alternate]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Research without thought is a mere net and entanglement: thought without gathering data, a peril.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.4505/page/n15/mode/2up?q=%22Kesearcli+without+thought%22">Pound</a> (1933)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>He who learns but does not think, is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.59196/page/n89/mode/2up?q=%22He+who+learns+but%22">Waley</a> (1938)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>If one learns from others but does not think, one will be bewildered. If, on the other hand, one thinks but does not learn from others, one will be in peril.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/analectslunyu00conf/page/64/mode/2up?q=%2215.%22">Lau</a> (1979)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>If one studies but does not think, one is caught in a trap. If one thinks but does not study, one is in peril.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/analects0000conf_d2c3/page/6/mode/2up?q=%22but+does+not+think%22">Dawson</a> (1993)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>To study without thinking is futile. To think without studying is dangerous.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Analects_of_Confucius/kj_Kl9l0RZQC?gbpv=1&bsq=%22to%20study%20without%20thinking%22">Leys</a> (1997)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Learning without thinking is fruitless; thinking without learning is perplexing.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/analectsofconfuc00unse_0/page/54/mode/2up?q=%22learning+without+thinking%22">Huang</a> (1997); additional translations.]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Studying but not thinking, it is confused; Thinking but not studying, it is dangerous.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/analectsofconfuc00conf_1/page/14/mode/2up?q=%22studying+but+not%22">Cai/Yu</a> (1998)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Learning without due reflection leads to perplexity; reflection without learning leads to perilous circumstances.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/analectsofconfuc0000conf_e9q2/page/78/mode/2up?q=%22without+due+reflection%22">Ames/Rosemont</a> (1998)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>If he studies and does not reflect, he will be rigid. If he reflects but does not study, he will be shaky.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/originalanalects0000conf/page/112/mode/2up?q=%22does+not+reflect%22">Brooks/Brooks</a> (1998)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>To learn and never think -- that's delusion. But to think and never learn -- that is perilous indeed!<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/analects0000conf/page/14/mode/2up?q=%22learn+and+never%22">Hinton</a> (1998)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>If you learn without thinking about what you have learned, you will be lost. If you think without learning, however, you will fall into danger.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://confucius.page/category/analects/analects-book-two/#:~:text=If%20you%20learn%20without%20thinking%20about%20what%20you%20have%20learned%2C%20you%20will%20be%20lost.%20If%20you%20think%20without%20learning%2C%20however%2C%20you%20will%20fall%20into%20danger.">Slingerland</a> (2003)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Learning without thought is pointless. Thought without learning is dangerous.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://confucius.page/category/analects/analects-book-two/#:~:text=Learning%20without%20thought%20is%20pointless.%20Thought%20without%20learning%20is%20dangerous.">Watson</a> (2007)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>If you learn but do not think, you will be dazed. If you think but do not learn, you will be in danger.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Analects/7czwAAAAQBAJ?gbpv=1&bsq=%22if%20you%20learn%20but%22">Chin</a> (2014)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Learning from books without critical thinking results in confusion. Thinking vacuously without learning from books is perilous.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Confucius_Analects_%E8%AB%96%E8%AA%9E/Z_AFEAAAQBAJ?gbpv=1&bsq=%22learning%20from%20books%22">Li</a> (2020)]</blockquote><br>
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