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There is the love of boldness without the love of learning, the beclouding here leads to insubordination;
好勇不好學，其蔽也亂；
There is the love of firmness without the love of learning, the beclouding here leads to extravagant conduct."
好剛不好學，其蔽也狂。”
The Master said, "My children, why do you not study the Book of Poetry?
子曰：“小子何莫學夫《詩》？
The Odes serve to stimulate the mind, they may be used for purposes of self-contemplation,
《詩》可以興，可以觀，
they teach the art of sociability, they show how to regulate feelings of resentment.
可以群，可以怨。
From them you learn the more immediate duty of serving one's father, and the remoter one of serving one's prince,
邇之事父，遠之事君，
from them we become largely acquainted with the names of birds, beasts, and plants."
多識于鳥獸草木之名。”
The Master said to Po-yu, "Do you give yourself to the Chau-nan and the Shao-nan?
子謂伯魚曰：“女為《周南》、《召南》矣乎？
The man who has not studied the Chau-nan and the Shao-nan is like one who stands with his face right against a wall, is he not so?"
人而不為《周南》、《召南》，其猶正墻面而立也與？”
The Master said, "It is according to the rules of propriety,' they say. 'It is according to the rules of propriety,' they say,
子曰：“禮云禮云，
Are gems and silk all that is meant by propriety? 'It is music,' they say. 'It is music,' they say, are hers and drums all that is meant by music?"
玉帛云乎哉？樂云樂云，鐘鼓云乎哉？”
