廣弘明集 5.21

English (machine translation) 5.21

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5.21

I, Sheng, hold that the names of beauty and ugliness arise from the realities of beauty and ugliness. When virtue and the Way are pure and beautiful, there is the reputation of goodness; when one is stubborn, obtuse, deaf, and blind, there is the notoriety of evil. Therefore the Changes says: 'If evil is not accumulated, it is insufficient to destroy the self.' It also says: 'Beauty resides within, spreads through the four limbs, and manifests in affairs.' It also says: 'The Shao music is completely beautiful, yet not completely good.'

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廣弘明集 — Classical Chinese