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《開宗明義 - The Scope and Meaning of the Treatise》

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1 開宗明義:
仲尼居,曾子侍。子曰:「先王有至德要道,以順天下,民用和睦,上下無怨。汝知之乎?」曾子避席曰:「參不敏,何足以知之?」子曰:「夫孝,德之本也,教之所由生也。復坐,吾語汝。身體髮膚,受之父母,不敢毀傷,孝之始也。立身行道,揚名於後世,以顯父母,孝之終也。夫孝,始於事親,中於事君,終於立身。《大雅》云:『無念爾祖,聿脩厥德。』」

URN: ctp:xiao-jing/scope-and-meaning-of-the-treatise