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even the sage is not able to carry into practice. Great
as heaven and earth are, men still find some things
in them with which to be dissatisfied. Thus it is, that
were the superior man to speak of his way in all
its greatness, nothing in the world would be found
able to embrace it, and were he to speak of it in its
minuteness, nothing in the world would be found
able to split it. It is said in the Book of Poetry, “The
hawk flies up to heaven; the fishes leap in the deep.”
This expresses how this way is seen above and
below. The way of the superior man may be found,
in its simple elements, in the intercourse of common
men and women; but in its utmost reaches, it shines
brightly through heaven and earth.

【注释】［1］费而隐：既广大又精微。费：又
作“拂”，广大。隐：精微。［2］夫妇：匹
夫匹妇，这里指普通男女。［3］与：参与。［4］
至：极致。［5］破：分开。［6］鸢（yu`n）：

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