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曾子有疾，孟敬子［1］问之。曾子言曰：
“鸟之将死，其鸣也哀；人之将死，其言也善。
君子所贵乎道者三：动容貌，斯远暴慢矣；
正颜色，斯近信矣；出辞气［2］，斯远鄙倍［3］
矣。笾豆［4］之事，则有司存。”
The philosopher Tsang being ill, Meng Chang
went to ask how he was. Tsang said to him, “When
a bird is about to die, its notes are mournful; when
a man is about to die, his words are good. There are
three principles of conduct which the man of high
rank should consider specially important: — that in
his deportment and manner he keep from violence
and heedlessness; that in regulating his countenance
he keep near to sincerity; and that in his words and
tones he keep far from lowness and impropriety. As
to such matters as attending to the sacrificial vessels,
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