折疑論 3.120

3.120

Was it because they considered the arts of the Western Regions vulgar that they did not employ them? (If Confucius grieved over the contemporary rulers discarding ritual, and Mencius criticized Chen Xiang's exclusive focus on agriculture, yet the feudal lords did not listen to their teachings, was it because they despised the teachings of the Western Regions as base and vulgar that they did not employ them?).