鐔津文集 16.24

Language: Classical Chinese

16.24

韓子為毛頴傳。而史非之。書曰。德盛不狎侮。又曰。玩人喪德。玩物喪志。韓子非侮乎玩耶。謂其德乎哉。

Master Han wrote the 'Biography of Mao Ying' (the Brush), and the historians criticized him for it. The Book of Documents says: 'Where virtue flourishes, one does not make light of or treat others with contempt.' It also says: 'Trifling with men degrades one's virtue; trifling with things saps one's purpose.' Was Master Han not treating things with contempt and trifling with them? Could that be called virtue?
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