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寓言 - Metaphorical Language

English translation: James Legge [?]
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6 寓言:
陽子居南之沛,老聃西遊於秦,邀於郊,至於梁而遇老子。老子中道仰天而歎曰:「始以汝為可教,今不可也。」陽子居不答。至舍,進盥漱巾櫛,脫屨戶外,膝行而前曰:「向者弟子欲請夫子,夫子行不閒,是以不敢。今閒矣,請問其過。」老子曰:「而睢睢盱盱,而誰與居?大白若辱,盛德若不足。」陽子居蹴然變容曰:「敬聞命矣。」其往也,舍者迎將其家,公執席,妻執巾櫛,舍者避席,煬者避灶。其反也,舍者與之爭席矣。
Metaphorical Language:...:
Yang Zi-ju had gone South to Pei, while Lao Dan was travelling in the west in Qin. (He thereupon) asked (Laozi) to come to the border (of Pei), and went himself to Liang, where he met him. Laozi stood in the middle of the way, and, looking up to heaven, said with a sigh, 'At first I thought that you might be taught, but now I see that you cannot be.' Yang Zi-ju made no reply; and when they came to their lodging-house, he brought in water for the master to wash his hands and rinse his mouth, along with a towel and comb. He then took off his shoes outside the door, went forward on his knees, and said, 'Formerly, your disciple wished to ask you, Master, (the reason of what you said); but you were walking, and there was no opportunity, and therefore I did not presume to speak. Now there is an opportunity, and I beg to ask why you spoke as you did.' Laozi replied, 'Your eyes are lofty, and you stare - who would live with you? The purest carries himself as if he were soiled; the most virtuous seems to feel himself defective.' Yang Zi-ju looked abashed and changed countenance, saying, 'I receive your commands with reverence,'
When he first went to the lodging-house, the people of it met him and went before him. The master of it carried his mat for him, and the mistress brought the towel and comb. The lodgers left their mats, and the cook his fire-place (as he passed them). When he went away, the others in the house would have striven with him about (the places for) their mats.

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