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子曰:“愚而好自用[1],贱而好自专[2],
生乎今之世,反[3]古之道。如此者,灾及其
身者也。”
非天子,不议礼,不制度[4],不考文[5]。
今天下车同轨,书同文,行同伦[6]。虽有其位,
苟无其德,不敢作礼乐焉;虽有其德,苟无
其位,亦不敢作礼乐焉。
子曰:“吾说夏礼[7],杞[8]不足征[9]也;
吾学殷礼[10],有宋[11]存焉;吾学周礼[12],
今用之,吾从周。”
The Master said, “Let a man who is ignorant be
fond of using his own judgment; let a man without
rank be fond of assuming a directing power to
himself; let a man who is living in the present age go
back to the ways of antiquity; — on the persons of
all who act thus calamities will be sure to come.”
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