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# 緇門警訓 8.48

緇門警訓 8.48

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [8.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.8.48)

莫言此費不多爭。萬事皆從洗麫生。舜帝昔年為漆器。  
百僚猶諫不須行。

> Do not say this expense is not worth disputing;  
> Ten thousand troubles all arise from washing flour.  
> When Emperor Shun in ancient times made lacquered vessels,  
> The hundred officials still remonstrated that it should not be done.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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