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颜
渊
第
十
二
12.1
颜渊问仁。子曰：“克己复礼为仁。一
日克己复礼，天下归仁焉。为仁由己，而由
人乎哉？”颜渊曰：“请问其目。”子曰：“非
礼勿视，非礼勿听，非礼勿言，非礼勿动。”
颜渊曰：“回虽不敏，请事斯语矣。”
Yen Yuan asked about perfect virtue. The
Master said, “To subdue one’s self and return to
propriety, is perfect virtue. If a man can for one day
subdue himself and return to propriety, all under
heaven will ascribe perfect virtue to him. Is the
practice of perfect virtue from a man himself, or is it
from others?” Yen Yuan said, “I beg to ask the steps
of that process.” The Master replied, “Look not at
what is contrary to propriety; listen not to what is
contrary to propriety; speak not what is contrary
to propriety; make no movement which is contrary
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