弘明集 9.68

English (machine translation) 9.68

Language: English

9.68

[Fan Zhen] replied: Sage and sage are identical; they are identical in their sagely capacities, yet their capacities need not be identical [in appearance]. It is like horses having different coats yet being equally swift, or jades having different colors yet being equally beautiful. Therefore, the jade of Jin's Ji and the jade of Chu's He had equal value worth cities; the Linliu and Daoli horses both could run a thousand li.

Previous: 9.67
Next: 9.69
Up: 9

Linked texts (1)

弘明集 — 僧祐, Classical Chinese