The pinyin version of Two Children Debating the Day is as follows:

1. Original text:

Confucius was traveling eastward and saw two children arguing and asked him why. One son said, I think when the sun is at the beginning, people are close, but when the sun is at the middle of the day, people are far away. One is far away at the beginning of the day, and is close at the middle of the day. One son said: "At the beginning of the day, it is as big as a car hood, and at the middle of the day, it is like a pan. Isn't this why the far ones are small and the ones close are big?" "It's cool, and it's like a soup in the middle of the day. Isn't it hot when you're near, and cool when you're far away?" Confucius couldn't decide. The two children laughed and said, "Who knows more about you?"

2. Pinyin of the full text:

kǒng zǐ dōng yóu, jiàn liǎng xiǎo ér biàn dòu, wèn qí gù. yī ér yuē, wǒ yǐ rì shǐ chū shí qù rén jìn, ér rì zhōng shí yuǎn yě. yī ér yǐ rì chū chū yuǎn, ér rì zhōng shí jìn yě.

yī ér yuē: "rì chū chū dà rú chē gài, jí rì zhōng zé rú pán yú. cǐ bú wéi yuǎn zhě xiǎo ér jìn zhě dà hū?"

yī ér yuē: "rì chū chū cāng cāng liáng liáng, jí qí rì zhōng rú tàn tāng. cǐ bú wéi jìn zhě rè ér yuǎn zhě liáng hū?" kǒng zǐ bú néng jué yě. liǎng xiǎo ér xiào yuē: "shú wéi rǔ duō zhī hū?"

3. Translation:

Confucius traveled to the East and saw two children arguing, so he asked what they were talking about. reason. One child said: "I think the sun is closer to people when it first rises, and farther away from us at noon." Another child said: "I think the sun is farther away from people when it first rises, and farther away at noon. "It's close to people."

A child said: "When the sun first comes out, it is as big as a car hood, but when it reaches noon, it is as small as a plate. This is not as small as it looks from a distance. "Is it big?"

Another child said: "It feels cool when the sun first comes out, but it feels as hot as putting your hand in hot water at noon. It doesn't feel hot when it's close. Does it feel cold when you are far away?" Confucius could not judge (who was right or wrong).

The two children smiled and said: "Who said you are knowledgeable?"