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Confucianism -> Liji -> Yue Ji -> 42.7

钟声铿，铿以立号，号以立横，横以立武。君子听钟声则思武臣。石声磬，磬以立辨，辨以致死。君子听磬声则思死封疆之臣。丝声哀，哀以立廉，廉以立志。君子听琴瑟之声则思志义之臣。竹声滥，滥以立会，会以聚众。君子听竽笙箫管之声，则思畜聚之臣。'The bells give out a clanging sound as a signal. The signal is recognised by all, and that recognition produces a martial enthusiasm. When the ruler hears the sound of the bell, he thinks of his officers of war. The sounding-stones give out a tinkling sound, as a summons to the exercise of discrimination. That discrimination may lead to the encountering of death. When the ruler hears the sounding-stone, he thinks of his officers who die in defence of his frontiers. The stringed instruments give out a melancholy sound, which produces the thought of purity and fidelity, and awakens the determination of the mind. When the ruler hears the sound of the lute and cithern, he thinks of his officers who are bent on righteousness. The instruments of bamboo give out a sound like that of overflowing waters, which suggests the idea of an assembly, the object of which is to collect the multitudes together. When the ruler hears the sound of his organs, pipes, and flutes, he thinks of his officers who gather the people together.
鼓鼙之声欢，欢以立动，动以进众。The drums and tambours give out their loud volume of sound, which excites the idea of movement, and tends to the advancing of the host.
君子听鼓鼙之声，则思将帅之臣。When the ruler hears the sounds of his drums and tambours, he thinks of his leaders and commanders.
君子之听音，非听其铿枪而已也，彼亦有所合之也。 When a superior man thus hears his musical instruments, he does not hear only the sounds which they emit. There are associated ideas which accompany these.'

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