評論
打印
The border warden at Yi requested to be introduced to the Master, saying,
儀封人請見，曰：
"When men of superior virtue have come to this, I have never been denied the privilege of seeing them."
“君子之至于斯也，吾未嘗不得見也。”
The followers of the sage introduced him, and when he came out from the interview, he said,
從者見之。出曰：
"My friends, why are you distressed by your master's loss of office?
“二三子何患于喪乎？
The kingdom has long been without the principles of truth and right;
天下之無道也久矣，
Heaven is going to use your master as a bell with its wooden tongue."
天將以夫子為木鐸。”
The Master said of the Shao that it was perfectly beautiful and also perfectly good.
子謂《韶》：“盡美矣，又盡善也。”
He said of the Wu that it was perfectly beautiful but not perfectly good.
謂《武》：“盡美矣，未盡善也。”
The Master said, "High station filled without indulgent generosity; ceremonies performed without reverence;
子曰：“居上不寬，為禮不敬，
mourning conducted without sorrow; wherewith should I contemplate such ways?"
臨喪不哀，吾何以觀之哉？”
