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battle-axes.
It is said in the Book of Poetry, “What needs
no display is virtue. All the princes imitate it.”
Therefore, the superior man being sincere and
reverential, the whole world is conducted to a state
of happy tranquility.
It is said in the Book of Poetry, “I regard with
pleasure your brilliant virtue, making no great
display of itself in sounds and appearances.” The
Master said, “Among the appliances to transform
the people, sound and appearances are but trivial
influences. It is said in another ode, ‘His Virtue is
light as a hair.’ Still, a hair will admit of comparison
as to its size. ‘The doings of the supreme Heaven
have neither sound nor smell.’ That is perfect virtue.
【注释】[1]衣(y#)锦尚 (ji6ng):穿锦绣
衣服,外面加上罩衣。引自《诗经·卫风·硕
人》,衣:动词,穿衣。锦:色彩鲜艳的衣
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