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而為離塵之士。蹈象外之高行者。又奚能倣之哉（蹈高蹈也。倣者詩角弓章云爾之教矣。民胥効矣註曰。王位在德。元風俗之樞機也。教則民効其甚速。若離塵寰之高士。萬象之外而行高遠之行。又何直用倣効此曲躬冠冕之禮以局哉）。

yet how could a gentleman who has departed from dust, treading the exalted conduct beyond form, imitate them? ('Treading' means high treading. As for 'imitating', the Jiaogong chapter of the Odes says, 'Such is your instruction; the people all imitate it.' The commentary says: The king's position rests on virtue, which is the pivot of the primary customs. When teaching is set forth, the people imitate it very quickly. For an exalted gentleman who has left the worldly dust, practicing lofty and transcendent conduct beyond all forms, how could he be confined to imitating this ritual of bowing low and wearing caps?)