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折疑論 3.195

折疑論 3.195

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3.195

又云。奢則不遜。儉則固。與其不遜也寧固(遜順也。固陋奢俱失其中而奢之害也大)。

He also said, 'Extravagance leads to insubordination, and frugality leads to meanness. Rather than insubordination, it is better to be mean' (insubordination is disobedience; meanness is narrowness; both extravagance and meanness lose the mean, but the harm of extravagance is greater).

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