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第十六章

子曰：「質勝文則野，文勝質則史，文質彬彬，然後君子。」

CHAPTER XVI.

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.'
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