Follow us on Facebook to receive important updates Follow us on Twitter to receive important updates Follow us on sina.com's microblogging site to receive important updates Follow us on Douban to receive important updates
Chinese Text Project
Simplified Chinese version
Back Forward
Confucianism -> Yangzi Fayan -> Learning and Practice -> 19

He said:
In the past, Yan looked up to the Master,
Zheng Kaofu looked up to Yin Xifu,
Gongzi Xisi looked up to Zheng Kaofu.
If you do not desire to look up to someone, then that's that.
?”But if you do look up to them, then who can stop you?
Someone said:
The Confucian Books and the Classics are the same,
but the world does not respect the Books.
?” Can they still be studied?
:“。”Yangzi said: They can.
The other person snickered, saying:
。” They should only be used for passing government exams and determining ranks.
:“Yangzi said: Great men study for the Dao; small men study for profit.
Are you for the Dao,
?” or are you for profit?
:“?”The other said: Plowing without any harvest, hunting without a feast: are these really "plowing" and "hunting"?
:“Yangzi said: Planting the Dao and getting the Dao, hunting de and getting de, these are the harvest and feast.
I have never seen Shen and Chen side by side.
君子Therefore, the junzi values changing for the good.
Those who change for the good,
圣人?” are they not the sage's followers?
The hundred rivers study the sea and arrive at the sea;
mounds and foothills study the mountains but do not reach to the mountains.
For this reason, the junzi hates to draw the line.


Enjoy this site? Please help.Site design and content copyright 2006-2024. When quoting or citing information from this site, please link to the corresponding page or to https://ctext.org/ens. Please note that the use of automatic download software on this site is strictly prohibited, and that users of such software are automatically banned without warning to save bandwidth. 沪ICP备09015720号-3Comments? Suggestions? Please raise them here.