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是故，先王之孝也，色不忘乎目，聲不絕乎耳，心志嗜欲不忘乎心。致愛則存，致愨則著。著存不忘乎心，夫安得不敬乎？ |
| Ji Yi: |
Thus the filial piety taught by the ancient kings required that the eyes of the son should not forget the looks (of his parents), nor his ears their voices; and that he should retain the memory of their aims, likings, and wishes. As he gave full play to his love, they seemed to live again; and to his reverence, they seemed to stand out before him. So seeming to live and stand out, so unforgotten by him, how could his sacrifices be without the accompaniment of reverence? |
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君子生則敬養，死則敬享，思終身弗辱也。君子有終身之喪，忌日之謂也。忌日不用，非不祥也。言夫日，志有所至，而不敢盡其私也。 |
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The superior man, while (his parents) are alive, reverently nourishes them; and, when-they are dead, he reverently sacrifices to them; his (chief) thought is how to the end of life not to disgrace them. The saying that the superior man mourns all his life for his parents has reference to the recurrence of the day of their death. That he does not do his ordinary work on that day does not mean that it would be unpropitious to do so; it means that on that day his thoughts are occupied with them, and he does not dare to occupy himself as on other days with his private and personal affairs. |
