The Analects. Eight Verses Chapter THREE: "The eight dances in the court, is it tolerable, or is it intolerable?"

Confucius said of Ji Shi: "The eight dances in the court are tolerable, and what is not tolerable?" ”

Confucius said of the Ji clan, saying: "He used the Eight Heavenly Sons to play music and dance in the courtyard, and he was willing to do such a thing. ”

The three families of the three families with the "Yong" through, The Zi Said: "'Xiang Wei Pei Gong, Tianzi Mu Mu', Xi took from the Three Families Hall? ”

When the Mengsun clan, the Shusun clan, and the Jisun clan were worshipping their ancestors, the musicians sang the poem "Yong" to remove the offerings. Confucius said, "How can the meaning of the Yong poem 'all the princes come to help with the sacrifice, and the son of heaven respectfully sacrifices the landlord' be used in the temple of the three masters?" ”

Zi Yue: "If people are not kind, how can they be polite?" If people are not kind, why be happy? ”

Confucius said, "If a person does not have benevolence, how can he observe the system of etiquette?" If a person does not have benevolence, how can he use music correctly? ”

Lin Fang asked the book of the ceremony, and the son said, "Dazai asks!" Etiquette, rather than extravagance, rather frugality; funeral, and its easy also, Ning Qi. ”

Lin Fang asked what is the foundation of the etiquette system. Confucius replied, "The question you ask is of great significance. Etiquette, rather than blindly seeking luxury, should be frugal; handling funerals, rather than handling ceremonies properly, is better to be truly sad in the heart. ”

Zi Yue: "Yi Di has a king, but it is not as good as the death of Zhu Xia." ”

Confucius said: "Those places that are not civilized have monarchs, but it is not as good as the regions in the Central Plains that do not have monarchs to talk about etiquette." ”

Ji's brigade is in Taishan. Zi Zhi Ran Youyi: "Can the female Fu be saved?" "No." Zi Yue: "Woohoo! Once said that Taishan is not as good as Lin Fanghu? ”

Ji Shi prepares to sacrifice Tarzan. Confucius said to Ran, "Can't you stop him?" Ran You said, "No." Confucius said, "Alas! Is it true that the Tarzan god is not as good as Lin Fangzhili? ”

Zi Yue: "A gentleman has nothing to argue with, and he will shoot!" Let go and rise, down and drink. Its contention is also gentlemanly. ”

Confucius said, "A gentleman has nothing to argue with." If there is, it must be archery. At the beginning of the game, first make a concession to each other, and then play. After the game, they fought each other and then stepped back, and then went to the hall to drink. This is the battle of gentlemen. ”

Zi Xia asked, "'Smiling and smiling, beautiful eyes, and always thinking that it is brilliant', what is it?" Zi Yue: "After the painting." "After the ceremony?" Zi Yue: "The giver Shang Ye can only be compared with the "poem" of words." ”

Zi Xia asked Confucius, "'Smiling so beautifully, how feminine are the black and white eyes, as if they were painted with beautiful patterns on the white texture.'" What do these words mean? Confucius said: "This means that painting first has a white background, and then paints with color." Zi Xia asked again, "So the ceremony was also produced after having the heart of benevolence?" Confucius said, "O Bu Shang, you are really able to exert my thoughts, and now I can start talking to you about the Book of Poetry." ”

Zi Yue: "Xia Liwu can say it, but Yin Liwu can say it, and Song Liwu can say it." The literature is insufficient, so it is enough that I can sign it. ”

Confucius said: "I can say something about the ceremonial system of the Xia Dynasty, but its descendants Qiguo are not enough to prove my words; the ceremonial system of the Yin Dynasty, I can say something, but its descendants, the Song Dynasty, are not enough to prove my words." This is due to the lack of written materials and people familiar with the summer ceremony and the courtesy. If there is enough historical information and courteous people, I can get proof. ”

Zi Yue: "Those who are infused with self-infusion, I do not want to see it." ”

Confucius said, "For the ceremony of the ceremony, I don't want to look at it again after the first offering of wine." ”

Or ask Zen zhizhi. Zi Yue: "I don't know." Those who know what they say are also in the world, and they are like showing them to all! "Fingers in the palm of the hand.

Someone asked Confucius about the rules for holding a zen festival. Confucius said, "I don't know. People who know it may be as easy to govern the world as it is to put things here! He said and pointed to the palm of his hand.

Sacrifice is like being there, and offering god is like god. Zi Yue: "I will not sacrifice with it, if I do not sacrifice." ”

When the ancestors are sacrificed, it is as if the ancestors are really in front; when the gods are sacrificed, it is as if the gods are really in front of them. Confucius said, "If I don't go to the sacrifice myself, the sacrifice is like no sacrifice." ”

Wang Sun Jia asked, "'Instead of flattering Ao, I'd rather be flattered by the stove', what is it?" The Son said, "Otherwise, you will be guilty of heaven and pray for nothing." ”

Wang Sun Jia asked, "'Instead of praying for the blessing of the more honorable God of The Olympia, it is better to pray for the blessing of vesta, who has real power.' What does this mean? Confucius said, "Not so." If you sin against Heaven, it is useless to go somewhere to pray and intercede. ”

Zi Yue: "Zhou Jian is in the second generation, depressed and wenzai!" I'm from Week. ”

Confucius said: "The etiquette system of the Zhou Dynasty was borrowed from the Xia and Shang Dynasties, how colorful it was. I advocate accepting the system of the Zhou Dynasty. ”

The son enters the temple and asks everything. Or, "Who is the son of the man who knows the etiquette?" Enter the Temple, ask everything. The son smelled it and said, "It is Reiya." ”

When Confucius arrived at the Taimiao Temple, he asked everything. Someone said, "Whoever said that this man knows how to perform rituals, when he arrives at the temple, he has to ask others about everything." When Confucius heard this, he said, "This is the ritual!" ”

Zi Yue: "Shoot the main skin, for the force of different disciplines, the ancient way also." ”

Confucius said, "Archery is not about penetrating the target, because human strength is great and small." This is the truth of the ancients. ”

Zi Gong wanted to go to Shuo Zhi's sheep, and Zi Yue said, "Give it to you! Er loves its sheep, and I love its rites. ”

Zigong proposed to remove the live sheep used to worship the ancestral temple on the first day of each month. Confucius said, "Give me, you cherish the sheep, but I cherish that kind of ceremony." ”

Zi Yue: "When the king is done with courtesy, people think that they are obedient." ”

Confucius said, "I serve the monarch according to the rules of the Zhou Rites, but others think that this is to please the monarch." ”

Ding Gong asked, "What about the king's envoys and ministers, the ministers' ministers?" Confucius said to him, "The king makes his subjects courteous, and the subjects are loyal." ”

Lu Dinggong asked Confucius: "What should the monarch do when he sends his courtiers and his courtiers serve the monarch?" Confucius replied, "The monarch sends his courtiers to treat them with courtesy, and the courtiers should serve the monarch with loyalty." ”

Zi Yue: "Guan Ju, happy but not obscene, mournful but not hurtful." ”

Confucius said: "The poem "Guan Sui" is happy but not unrestrained, sad but not too sad. ”

The Duke of Lai asked the Society to slaughter me, and zai me said: "The Xia Hou clan is pine, the Yin people are cypress, the Zhou people are chestnut, and the people are trembling." When the son heard this, he said, "Don't say anything when you do something, don't advise you when you do it, and don't blame the past." ”

Lu Aigong asked Zai what kind of wood should be used to make the god of the land, and Zai replied: "Pine trees were used in the Xia Dynasty, cypress trees were used in the Shang Dynasty, and chestnut trees were used in the Zhou Dynasty." The meaning of using the chestnut tree is to say: make the people tremble and chestnut. When Confucius heard this, he said, "There is no need to mention what has already been done, there is no need to advise what has already been done, and there is no need to pursue what has already been done." ”

Zi Yue: "Guan Zhong's instrument Xiao Ya! Or: "Guan Zhongjian?" "Guan Clan has three returns, official affairs are not taken, and they are thrifty?" "Then guan Zhongzhi Lihu?" "The Bangjun tree plugs the door, and the Guan clan also trees the gate; the bangjun is the good of the two kings, and there is a regurgitation." Guan clan also has a regurgitation, Guan clan and know the etiquette, who does not know the etiquette? ”

Confucius said, "Guan Zhong's qi volume is really small!" Someone said, "Is Guan Zhong frugal?" Confucius said, "He has three luxurious houses, and the steward of his family is also one person and one position, not concurrently, so how can we talk about frugality?" The man asked, "Then does Guan Zhong understand etiquette?" Confucius replied: "The monarch erected a shadow wall in front of the palace gate, and Guan Zhong also set up a shadow wall in front of his own house; when the monarch set up banquets to entertain the monarchs of other countries and held friendly meetings, there was an earthen platform for empty wine glasses in the hall, and Guan Zhong's guests also had such a soil platform." If Guan Zhongzhili is said, then who else does not know etiquette? ”

Ziyu Lu Master Le, said: "Happy to know also." From it, pure as it is, pure as it is, as it is, as it is, as it is, as it is, and from it. ”

Confucius told lu guo musicians about the process of playing music, saying: "The principle of playing can be known. When the performance begins, the various instruments are played in combination, and the sound is loud and beautiful; the music continues to unfold, melodious and melodious, rhythmic, like flowing water, until the end of the performance. ”

Yi Fengren asked to see, "As for Si Ye of the Gentleman, I have not been able to see it." "The one who sees it. "Why did the second and third sons suffer from mourning?" The world has no way for a long time, and the heavens will take the master as the wooden dove. ”

A petty official of Yidi asked to meet with Confucius, saying, "There is nothing that I do not ask for whenever A gentleman comes to this place. Confucius's students led him to see Confucius. When he came out, he said, "Why should you worry about Confucius losing his official position?" It has been a long time since there was no way under heaven, so the heavens will teach the world with Confucius as a saint. ”

The zi is "Shao": "Perfect beauty, and perfection also." It is said that "Wu": "Perfect beauty, not perfect goodness." ”

Confucius commented on Shao, saying: "The music is very beautiful, and the content is also very good. Commenting on "Wu", he said: "The music is very beautiful, but the content is poor." ”

Zi Yue: "The top is not wide, it is not respectful for the sake of etiquette, and it is not mournful when it comes to mourning, so why should I look at it?" ”

Confucius said, "How can I see that those who are in a dominant position cannot be lenient, who are not respectful when performing ceremonies, and who are not sad when attending funerals?" ”