Lun Yu – Les Entretiens de Confucius

Le Maître dit à son fils Pe iu : « As-tu travaillé le Tcheou nan et le Chao nan1 ? Celui qui n'a pas étudié le Tcheou nan et le Chao nan n'est-il pas comme un homme qui se tiendrait le visage tourné vers un mur ? »

Couvreur XVII.10.

The importance of studying the Châu-nan and Shâo-nan.
The Master said to Po-yü, "Do you give yourself to the Châu-nan and the Shâo-nan. The man who has not studied the Châu-nan and the Shâo-nan is like one who stands with his face right against a wall. Is he not so?"

Legge XVII.10.

The Master said to Po-yu, 'Have you studied the Chou nan and Shao nan? To be a man and not to study them is, I would say, like standing with one's face directly towards -the wall. '

Lau [17:10]