Analects

Chapter 3
3.1
Confucius said to Ji: "It is tolerable to dance in the court, which one is not tolerable?"

3.2
The three schools use "Yong" thoroughly.

The Master said: "'Xiangwei Pigong, Tianzi Mumu', Xi took it from the hall of the three families?"

3.3
The Master said: "People are not benevolent, what is it like to be polite? People are not benevolent, what is it like to be happy?"

3.4
Lin Fang asked about the etiquette.

The Master said: "That's a big question! Rituals are better than extravagance, and frugality is better; funerals are better than easy things."

3.5
The Master said: "It is not as good as the death of the Xias to have a king in the barbarians."

3.6
The Ji family traveled to Mount Tai.

Zi said to Ran You and said, "Can a woman be saved?"

Confrontation: "No!"

The Master said: "Whoa! Was it ever said that Mount Tai is not as good as Lin Fang?"

3.7
The Master said: "If a gentleman has nothing to fight for, he will definitely shoot! When he bows and rises, he goes down to drink, and if he fights, he will be a gentleman."

3.8
Zixia asked: "'You are charming with a clever smile, you are looking forward to your beautiful eyes, and you always think that you are gorgeous.' What do you mean?"

The Master said: "Paint after the fact."

Said: "After the ceremony?"

The Master said: "Those who give and do business can only talk to the "Poetry"!"

3.9
The Master said: "Xia Li, I can describe it, but Qi is not enough to collect it; Yin Li, I can describe it, Song Dynasty is not enough to collect it. The literature is insufficient, and if it is sufficient, I can collect it."

3.10
The Master said: "Xu, I don't want to observe the one that has been poured and gone."

3.11
Or ask Xuan's theory.

The Master said: "I don't know. The one who knows what he said is also known to the world, as if he showed it to everyone!" Pointing to his palm.

3.12
Sacrifice as if there is a sacrifice to God as if there is a god.

Confucius said: "If I don't offer sacrifices, it's like not offering sacrifices."

3.13
Wangsun Jia asked, "What do you mean by 'rather being flattered by Ao than by Zao?'"

The Master said: "Otherwise, you will be blamed by the heavens, and you will have nothing to pray for."

3.14
The Master said: "Zhou was supervised in the second generation, and he was so depressed that he was literary! I follow Zhou."

3.15
When the son entered the Taimiao, he asked about everything.

Or say: "Who is it that the son of a man knows the rituals? When you enter the Taimiao, ask about everything."

Zi Wenzhi said: "It's ritual."

3.16
The Master said: "Shooting is not based on the skin, and the strength is different. It is an ancient way."

3.17
Zigong wanted to tell the sheep of Shuo.

The Master said: "Ci Ye, you love his sheep, and I love his gifts."

3.18
The Master said: "When you serve the king with courtesy, people think it is flattery."

3.19
Dinggong asked: "The king envoys the ministers, and the ministers serve the king. How about it?"

Confucius said: "The king envoys his ministers with courtesy, and the ministers serve the king with loyalty."

3.20
The Master said: ""Guan Ju" is joyful but not lewd, sad but not hurtful."

3.21
Ai Gong asked the society Yu Zaiwo.

Zai Wo said to me: "Xia Hou's family uses pine, Yin people use cypress, and Zhou people use chestnut, saying that it makes the people tremble."

Zi Wenzhi said: "Don't talk about successes, don't complain about successes, and don't blame the past."

3.22
Confucius said: "Guan Zhong's weapon is so small!"

Or say: "Guan Zhongjian?"

Said: "The Guan family has three returns. If you don't take care of official affairs, how can you be thrifty?" "But does Guan Zhong know the etiquette?"

Said: "The king of the state trees the gate, and the Guan family also trees the gate of the gate; the king of the state is a good friend of the two monarchs, and there is rebellion, and the Guan family also has the rebellion. The Guan family knows the etiquette, who doesn't know the etiquette?"

3.23
Ziyu Master Lu said: "You can know how to enjoy music: from the beginning, it is as it is; from it, it is as pure as it is, as it is as simple as it is, and as it is deduced, it is completed."

3.24
The Yifeng people came to see him and said: "A gentleman is here, I can't help but see it." Followers see it.When he came out, he said: "Why are the second and third sons suffering from mourning? The world has been without Tao for a long time, and the heaven will regard the master as a muduo."

3.25
Zi said "Shao": "It is as beautiful as it is perfect."

It is called "Wu": "It is beautiful, but it is not perfect."

3.26
The Master said: "How can I appreciate that the superiors are not lenient, the proprieties are not respectful, and mourning is not mourned?"

(End of this chapter)