折疑論 4.5

4.5

Miaoming said: 'The supreme flavor is hard to tune to every mouth; the great sound does not suit the ears of the multitude. Now, the earthworm eats soil and finds soil sweet; how could it know the harmony of the five flavors? Dogs and pigs eat dung and find dung delicious; how could they know the flavor of rich wine and sweet liquor? How lamentable that they do not know! Even if they knew it, it might not be their food. (A dog with hanging dewclaws is called a quan.)