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Zhongyong Introduction Table of content – The Doctrine of the Mean

Confucius' grandson comments about the Way and human nature. Tr. Legge (en)

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XVI. An illustration, from the operation and influence of spiritual beings, of the way of the Mean.

Zhongyong XVI. 3.

"They cause all the people in the kingdom to fast and purify themselves, and array themselves in their richest dresses, in order to attend at their sacrifices. Then, like overflowing water, they seem to be over the heads, and on the right and left of their worshippers.

Legge XVI.3.

《诗经·大雅·抑》上说:‘神灵降临,不可以预测,难道可以存心不纯吗?’神灵本极微妙,却体现出无所不在,明显至极。

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