中 庸 Zhongyong – The Doctrine of the Mean

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

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XIX. The far-reaching filial piety of king Wû, and of the duke of Châu.

Zhongyong XIX. 6.


禘嘗之義治國其如示諸掌乎	所以祀乎其先也明乎郊社之禮	郊社之禮所以事上帝也宗廟之禮

"By the ceremonies of the sacrifices to Heaven and Earth they served God, and by the ceremonies of the ancestral temple they sacrificed to their ancestors. He who understands the ceremonies of the sacrifices to Heaven and Earth, and the meaning of the several sacrifices to ancestors, would find the government of a kingdom as easy as to look into his palm!"

Legge XIX.6.

鲁哀公问怎样治理国家。

白话翻译

Zhongyong XIX. 6.