8月28日

《中庸》選
春秋 孔伋 撰 ( 483~402 B.C.E. ) 宋 朱熹 編 ( 1130~1200 )

好學近乎知，力行近乎仁，知恥近乎勇。

博學之，審問之，慎思之，明辨之，篤行之。

道者也，不可須臾離也；可離，非道也。
是故，君子戒慎乎其所不睹，恐懼乎其所不聞。
莫見乎隱，莫顯乎微，故君子慎其獨也。

喜怒哀樂之未發，謂之中；發而皆中節，謂之和。
中也者，天下之大本也；和也者，天下之達道也。
致中和，天地位焉，萬物育焉。

──選自《中庸》

August 28

A New Account of the Tales of the World: Literature
Kong Ji (483 BCE - 402 BCE, Spring and Autumn Period)
Edited by Zhu Xi (1130 - 1200, Song Dynasty)
English translation: James Legge

To be fond of learning is to be near to knowledge. To practice with vigor
is to be near to magnanimity. To possess the feeling of shame is to be
near to energy.

The attainment of the Way requires the extensive study of what is good,
accurate inquiry about it, careful reflection on it, the clear discrimination
of it, and the earnest practice of it.

The path may not be left for an instant. If it could be left, it would not
be the path. On this account, the superior man does not wait till he sees
things, to be cautious, nor till he hears things, to be apprehensive. There
is nothing more visible than what is secret, and nothing more manifest
than what is minute. Therefore the superior man is watchful over himself,
when he is alone. While there are no stirrings of pleasure, anger, sorrow,
or joy, the mind may be said to be in the state of Equilibrium. When
those feelings have been stirred, and they act in their due degree, there
ensues what may be called the state of Harmony. This Equilibrium is
the great root from which grow all the human actings in the world, and
this Harmony is the universal path which they all should pursue. Let the
states of equilibrium and harmony exist in perfection, and a happy order
will prevail throughout heaven and earth, and all things will be nourished
and flourish.

── from Zhongyong (Doctrine of the Mean)