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Condition 1: Contains text "或曰良玉不雕美言不文何謂也" Matched:1. |
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《寡見卷第七 - The Seldom Seen》 | English translation: Jeffrey S. Bullock [?] | Library Resources |
7 | 寡見卷第... : | 或曰:「良玉不雕,美言不文,何謂也?」曰:「玉不雕,璵璠不作器。言不文,典謨不作經。」 |
The Seldom Seen: |
Someone said: "Excellent jade need not be carved, and beautiful words need not be refined." What would you say about that? Yangzi said: If jade were not carved, then yufan could not be made into implements. If their speech were not refined, the Yaodian and Gao Yao mo could not have become classics. |
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