廣弘明集 8.38

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8.38

The questioner asks: Confucius inquired about ritual from Lao Dan, so the relationship of master and disciple existed. Furthermore, in the Analects, Confucius said of himself: 'I transmit but do not innovate; I am faithful to and love antiquity, privately comparing myself to our Old Peng.' You call Confucius a sage while calling Laozi a worthy; where is the logic of this comparison? To praise or blame contrary to propriety is surely an insult to the sage.

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廣弘明集 — Classical Chinese