Confucius' grandson comments about the Way and human nature. Tr. Legge (en)
"They occupied the places of their forefathers, practiced their ceremonies, and performed their music. They reverenced those whom they honored, and loved those whom they regarded with affection. Thus they served the dead as they would have served them alive; they served the departed as they would have served them had they been continued among them.
Legge XIX.5.
祭天祭地的礼,是为了事奉上帝;祭祖庙的礼,是为了供奉历代祖先的。能够明白祭祀天地和合祭祖先、秋祭先人各种礼仪的意义,那治理国家就像把一件小物摆在手掌上那样容易。”
白话翻译
The Doctrine of the Mean – Zhongyong XIX. 5. – 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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