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揚子法言 - Yangzi Fayan

[Western Han - Xin] 33 BC-18 Yang Xiong English translation: Jeffrey S. Bullock [?]
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[Also known as: 《揚雄法言》, 《楊子法言》, 《楊雄法言》, 《法言》]

問道卷第四 - Asking About the Dao

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11 問道卷第... :
或問:「荒之禮,禮也,樂也,孰是?」曰,「殷之以中國。」或曰:「孰為中國?」曰:「五政之所加,七賦之所養,中於天地者為中國。過此而往者,人也哉?」
Asking About the Dao:...:
Someone asked: Among the all the world's li, whose li and music is correct?
Yangzi said: Use the Central Kingdom's li to correct the others.
The other said: Which is the Central Kingdom?
Yangzi said: Where the Five Constants of governance obtain, that which is supported by the seven taxes, that which is at the center of Heaven and Earth is the Central Kingdom. As for those who live beyond these borders, can they even be considered men?

問神卷第五 - Asking About Shen

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6 問神卷第... :
或曰:「經可損益與?」曰:「《》始卦,而文王六十四,其益可知也。《》、《》、《禮》、《春秋》,或因或作而成於仲尼,其益可知也。故夫道非天然,應時而造者,損益可知也。」
Asking About Shen:
Someone asked: Can the Classics be edited or added to?
Yangzi said: The Yijing began with eight trigrams, and King Wen created the sixty-four hexagrams. What was added can be known. As for the Book of Songs, Book of Documents, Book of Rites, and the Spring and Autumn Annals, some were based on earlier versions, some were original works, but all were completed by Confucius. What was added can be known. Thus, the Dao is not Heaven-so; it is built of responses to the times. Its emendations and additions can be known.

五百卷第 - Five Hundred Years

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