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第一章
1. 顏淵問仁。子曰：「克己復禮為仁。一日克己復禮，天下歸仁焉。為仁由己，而由人乎哉？」
2. 顏淵曰：「請問其目。」子曰：「非禮勿視，非禮勿聽，非禮勿言，非禮勿動。」顏淵曰：「回雖不敏，請事斯語矣！」
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CHAPTER I.
1. 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?'
2. 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 to propriety.' Yen Yuan then
said, 'Though I am deficient in intelligence and vigour, I will make it my
business to practise this lesson.'
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by The Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities, © Copyright 2003
by Anne Kinney and the University of Virginia