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– The Doctrine of the Mean
Confucius' grandson comments about the Way and human nature. Tr. Legge (en)
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XXIX. An illustration of the sentence in the twenty-seventh chapter– "When he occupies a high station he is not proud;" or rather, the Sage and his institutions seen in their effect and issue.
Zhongyong XXIX. 2.
However excellent may have been the regulations of those of former times, they cannot be attested. Not being attested, they cannot command credence, and not being credited, the people would not follow them. However excellent might be the regulations made by one in an inferior situation, he is not in a position to be honored. Unhonored, he cannot command credence, and not being credited, the people would not follow his rules.
Legge XXIX.2.
所以君子的学说，要从本身的才德出发，再从老百姓那里验证是不是听从，然后考证夏、商、周三代盛世是否有谬误，建立于天地之间不相违背，向鬼神质正而没有怀疑，等到百代以后圣人出世而不会有疑惑。
白话翻译
The Doctrine of the Mean – Zhongyong XXIX. 2. – Chinese on/off – Français/English
Alias Zhong Yong, Chung Yung, Tchong Yong, The Unwobbling Pivot (Pound), La Régulation à usage ordinaire (Jullien).
The Book of Odes, The Analects, Great Learning, Doctrine of the Mean, Three-characters book, The Book of Changes, The Way and its Power, 300 Tang Poems, The Art of War, Thirty-Six Strategies
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