Analects 15.10

The Analects (論語), BOOK XV. WEI LING KUNG 衞靈公第十五

顏淵問爲邦。子曰、行夏之時。乘殷之輅。服周之冕。樂則韶舞。放鄭聲、遠佞人、鄭聲淫、佞人殆。

1. Yen Yuan asked how the government of a country should be administered.

2. The Master said, "Follow the seasons of Hsia.

3. "Ride in the state carriage of Yin.

4. "Wear the ceremonial cap of Chau.

5. "Let the music be the Shao with its pantomimes.

6. Banish the songs of Chang, and keep far from specious talkers. The songs of Chang are licentious; specious talkers are dangerous."

James Legge (1861), Confucian Analects, The Chinese Classics vol. 1 (1861; 2nd ed. 1893) — public domain.

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