1. The craftsmanship of sticking to the current customs is clever, and the mistakes can be corrected by following the rules. ——"Li Sao" Pre-Qin Dynasty: Qu Yuan
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The women were jealous of Yu Zhi, and rumors spread that Yu was good at lewdness. The craftsmanship of sticking to the current customs is clever, and the mistakes can be corrected by following the rules.
Carry the rope and ink on your back to chase the song, and compete with the Zhou Dynasty to save it. The depressed city is full of poverty and poverty, and I am now alone and impoverished.
Translation:
Those women were jealous of my beauty and spread rumors that I was coquettish and lascivious. The mediocre are inherently good at opportunism, betraying rules and changing policies.
Violating the standards of right and wrong and pursuing evil deeds, striving for pleasure is the rule. I am depressed and restless. How difficult it is to be alone and poor now.
2. When did customary craftsmanship become ingenious? Destroy the rules and change them! ——"Nine Debates" Pre-Qin Dynasty: Song Yu
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The spirit of stealing beauty and applying for support is strong, and I am afraid that the current world will not be solid. When did the craftsmanship of the vulgar become clever? Destroy the rules and change them!
Alone and unyielding, I originally admired the legacy of the sages. Living in troubled times and showing off one's glory is not what Yu Xin likes.
Translation:
Secretly praising Shen Baoxu’s great ambition, but worrying that times are different. Why did the customs of the times take advantage of others and break the rules?
We must be upright and upright and not follow the crowd, admire the sages and follow the old traditions of morality and education. Being in a high position in this muddy world is not the honor I hope for.
3. Yield within the rules, and be above Zhu and Si - "The Theory of Fate" Wei and Jin Dynasties: Li Kang
Excerpt from the original text:
< p>Although Zhongni is the most sage and Yan Ran is a great sage, he bows to the rules and is superior to Zhu and Si, but he cannot restrain his extremes.Meng Ke and Sun Qing are two noble saints. They are calm and righteous, but they cannot maintain their end. The soldiers of the world will be drowned without help.
Translation:
Even the most noble person like Zhongni, and even the great sage Yan Hui and Ran You vigorously promoted literature and morality based on etiquette and law. Shui Si Shui's pleasant teachings can't prevent the emergence of superficiality.
Meng Ke and Sun Qing, who followed the example of Yan Hui Ran You and admired the sage Confucius and calmly pursued the right path, will not be able to play their due role in the end of the world. The world has finally developed to the point where the great road has fallen into obscurity and can no longer be rescued.
4. Holding a knife but not using it, following the rules but doing nothing. ——"The Mourning of Time" Pre-Qin Dynasty: Zhuang Ji
Excerpt from the original text:
Kuai stands alone in this corner of the song, but he sighs forever. I am worried about repairing the night and wandering around, my energy is boiling like waves.
Holding a knife but not using it, following the rules but doing nothing. How can I travel far away when I am riding in the middle courtyard?
Translation:
I am alone in the deep ravine, and I sigh with sadness in my heart. Sorrowful, sleepless nights, wandering thoughts, my heart surges like boiling water.
You have a carving knife in your hand but you can’t carve it; you have a ruler in your hand but you can’t use it. A thousand-mile horse gallops in the courtyard, how can it complete its journey of thousands of miles?
5. Destroy the hooks and ropes, abandon the rules, abandon the compasses and squares - "The Sui" Pre-Qin Dynasty: Zhuang Zhou
Excerpt from the original text:
Destroy the Jue Hooking the rope and abandoning the rules, grasping the workman's finger, but the founder of the world was clever. Therefore, it is said: Great skill is like clumsiness.
The journey of cutting off Zeng Shi, clamping the mouth of Yang Mo, discarding benevolence and righteousness, and the virtues of the world have begun to be mysteriously unified.
Translation:
Destroy hooks and ink lines, abandon compasses and squares, and break the fingers of workers, so that people in the world can retain their original wisdom. Therefore, it is said: "The greatest wisdom is like clumsiness."
If you eliminate the loyalty and filial piety of Zeng Shen and Shi Piao, clamp down the eloquent mouths of Yang Zhu and Mo Zhai, and abandon benevolence and righteousness, the world will be virtuous. Only then can they be mixed and unified.