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仲尼嘗，奉薦而進其親也愨，其行趨趨以數。已祭，子贛問曰：「子之言祭，濟濟漆漆然；今子之祭，無濟濟漆漆，何也？」 |
| Ji Yi: |
At the autumnal sacrifice, when Zhong-ni advanced, bearing the offerings, his general appearance was indicative of simple sincerity, but his steps were short and oft repeated. When the sacrifice was over, Zi-gong questioned him, saying, 'Your account of sacrificing was that it should be marked by the dignity and intense absorption of all engaged in it; and now how is it that in your sacrificing there has been no such dignity and absorption?' |
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子曰：「濟濟者，容也遠也；漆漆者，容也自反也。容以遠，若容以自反也，夫何神明之及交，夫何濟濟漆漆之有乎？反饋，樂成，薦其薦俎，序其禮樂，備其百官。君子致其濟濟漆漆，夫何慌惚之有乎？夫言，豈一端而已？夫各有所當也。」 |
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The Master said, 'That dignity of demeanour should belong to those who are only distantly connected (with him who is sacrificed to), and that absorbed demeanour to one whose thoughts are turned in on himself (lest he should make any mistake). But how should such demeanour consist with communion with the spirits (sacrificed to)? How should such unity and absorption be seen in my sacrifice? (At the sacrifices of the king and rulers) there is the return of the personator to his apartment, and the offering of food to him there; there are the performances of the music, and the setting forth of the stands with the victims on them; there are the ordering of the various ceremonies and the music; and there is the complete array of the officers for all the services. When they are engaged in the maintenance of that dignity and absorption in their duties, how can they be lost in their abandonment to intercourse with the spiritual presences? Should words be understood only in one way? Each saying has its own appropriate application.' |
