Tsze-hsia asked, saying, "What is the meaning of the passage 'The pretty dimples of her artful smile! The well-defined black and white of her eye! The plain ground for the colors?'"Go here to read the introductory post to this serialized version of the Analects of Confucius.
The Master said, "The business of laying on the colors follows the preparation of the plain ground."
"Ceremonies then are a subsequent thing?"
The Master said, "It is Shang who can bring out my meaning. Now I can begin to talk about the odes with him."
~ James Legge translation via The Internet Classics Archive ~
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Chapter 3, Part 8 - Confucius
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