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子夏问曰：“‘巧笑倩［1］兮，美目盼［2］
兮，素以为绚［3］兮。’何谓也？”子曰：“绘
事后素［4］。”曰：“礼后乎？”子曰：“起
予者商也！始可与言《诗》已矣。”
Tsze-hsia asked, saying, “What is the meaning
of the passage ‘The pretty dimples of her artful
smile! The well-defined black and white of her eye!
The plain ground for the colours?’ ” The Master
said, “The business of laying on the colours follows
(the preparation of ) the plain ground.” “Ceremonies
then are a subsequent thing? ” The Master said, “It
is Shang who can bring out my meaning. Now I can
begin to talk about the odes with him.”
【注释】［1］倩：笑靥（y-，酒窝）美好。［2］盼：
黑白分明。［3］绚（xu3n）：文彩。即以素为绚，
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