Commentary XXVI

Confucius said: When you enter your country, you can know its teachings. He is also gentle and kind, and "Poetry" is also taught; Alienation is far away, and "books" are taught; Broad and easy to be good, "music" is also taught; ��Quiet subtlety, "Yi" also teaches; Frugal and solemn, "Li" also teaches; It is a rhetorical comparison, and the "Spring and Autumn Period" teaches also;

Therefore, the loss of "Poetry" is stupid; The loss of the book, falsehood; The loss of "Music" is extravagant; The loss of "Yi", thief; The loss of "Rite" is annoying; The loss of "Spring and Autumn" is chaotic.

He is also a person, gentle and generous but not stupid, and he is deeper than the "poem". If you are far away from the notice and do not falsely accuse, you will be deeper than the "book".

Broad and easy to be good but not extravagant, it is deeper than "music". �� Quiet subtle and not thief, it is deeper than "Yi".

Frugal and respectful without annoyance, it is deeper than the "Li". Words are more than things but not chaotic, and they are deeper than those of "Spring and Autumn".

The Son of Heaven is a ginseng with heaven and earth, so virtue matches heaven and earth, benefits all things, and the sun and the moon are bright, shining on the four seas without leaving a small footprint.

In the imperial court, it is the order of benevolence and righteousness, the swallow is to listen to the sound of Yasong, the walking is the sound of the ring, and the car is raised, there is the sound of Luan and the voice.

The residence is polite, the advance and retreat are measured, the officials are appropriate, and everything is in order. Shiyun: "Ladies and gentlemen, their manners are not careful."

It is Shikoku. That's right. The order was issued and the people said, which is called the sum. The blind date up and down is called benevolence.

The people do not seek what they want, and they get it, which is called faith. Removing the harm of heaven and earth is righteousness. Righteousness and faith, harmony and benevolence.

The Vessel of the Overlord also. If you have the intention of governing the people but do not have the means, you will not succeed. Etiquette is also for Zhengguo, Ju is for weight, rope and ink is for straightness, and rules are for Fangyuan.

Therefore, Hengcheng County should not be bullied; Rope and ink are sincere, and they cannot be bullied; The rules are set sincerely, and you can't be bullied; A gentleman shall judge the courtesy, and shall not be accused of treachery.

Therefore, the solemn ceremony is called a person with a good way; If you don't pay respects, you can't pay respects, and you can't say it. The way of respect, too.

Therefore, if you are in the temple, you will be respected, if you enter the court, you will have a position, if you are in the family, you will be father and son, and if you are in the township, you will be in order.

Confucius said: "To govern the people in peace, you are not good at courtesy." That's right. Therefore, the gift of pilgrimage, so the righteousness of the monarch and the minister.

The gift of asking questions, so that the princes respect each other. The funeral rite, so the grace of the courtiers. The gift of drinking in the township, so the order of the young and the young is also.

The gift of faint marriage, so the difference between men and women is also clear. Husband, the place where the chaos is forbidden, and the place where the water stops in Jufang comes from.

Therefore, those who regard the old workshop as useless and bad will be ruined; Those who use the old rites as useless will be in trouble.

Therefore, if the ceremony of faint marriage is abolished, the way of the husband and wife is bitter, and the sin of adultery is many. If the ritual of drinking in the township is abolished, the order of the young and the old will be lost, and the prison of struggle will be complicated.

If the funeral rite is abolished, the grace of the courtiers is thin, and the people who forget the dead are numerous. If the ceremony of hiring the pilgrimage is abolished, the position of the monarch and the minister will be lost, the princes will do evil, and the defeat of the invasion of the tomb will be started.

Therefore, the edification of rituals is also small, and its suppression of evil is also unformed. It is also the first king to make people move away from sin without knowing it.

Yi said: "A gentleman is cautious, if he is arrogant, he will be a thousand miles." That's right.