折疑論 3.82

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3.82

Confucius said, 'To sacrifice to a ghost that does not belong to oneself is flattery' (In the Analects, when Confucius speaks of 'a ghost that does not belong to oneself', it refers to a ghost one ought not to sacrifice to; if one sacrifices to it, it is flattery, seeking to curry favor).

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