子语鲁大师乐，曰：“乐其可知也：始作，翕如也；从之，纯如也，皦如也，绎如也，以成。” 吴的版本“The Master talked bout music with the grand musician of Lu, saying, “The way of music playing is knowable. In the beginning, it sounds harmonious, then melodious, then rhythmical, and then coherent, till it is completed.”这不仅在形式上，音律上比较接近原文，而且也保持源语言的意义美。