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子曰：“质胜文则野［1］，文胜质则史［2］。
文质彬彬［3］，然后君子。”
The Master said, “Where the solid qualities
are in excess of accomplishments, we have rusticity;
where the accomplishments are in excess of the solid
qualities, we have the manners of a clerk. When
the accomplishments and solid qualities are equally
blended, we then have the man of virtue.”
【注释】［1］野：粗野，粗俗。［2］史：史官，
掌文辞，故以辞多为史，后引申为虚浮不实。
［3］彬彬：配合得当的样子。
【译文】孔子说：“质朴胜过文采就会显得粗俗，
文采胜过质朴就会显得虚浮。文采和质朴配
合得当，然后可以成为君子。”
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