University · Moderate

Chapter 25
[Original text]

The way of a gentleman is to spend money and hide.

The ignorance of couples can be compared with knowledge ③, and to ④, even a sage does not know something.If the husband and wife are unworthy, they may be able to do it, and to the extreme, even a sage can't do it.The world is so big that people still have regrets.Therefore, if a gentleman speaks loudly, nothing in the world can carry it; if his talk is small, nothing in the world can break it.

"Poetry" cloud ⑦: "The kite flies to the sky ⑧, the fish leaps in the deep ⑨."

The way of a gentleman is to create the end B11 of husband and wife, and to reach it, to observe the heaven and the earth.

【Note】

① Fei Eryin: Fei, the role of Tao, refers to the vastness and boundlessness.Yin, the essence of Tao, refers to very subtle and mysterious.

②Couple: It does not refer to husband and wife, but refers to the problem of ordinary men and women.

③和知：和(yù), a verb, to participate.

④To: Most, refers to the most subtle point.

⑤ Regret: Dissatisfied.

[-] broken: analysis, analysis.

⑦ "Poetry" says: These two poems come from "The Book of Songs Daya Early Foot".This is a poem that praises people with moral cultivation, seeks blessings and can cultivate talents.

⑧风 (yuān): Bird name, eagle.Li (li): Arrive.

[-] Yuan: Deep pool.

[-] Observation: Obvious, obvious.

Create the end: make the end thread.It means to begin, to begin.

【Translation】

The doctrine of the mean practiced by a gentleman has a vast and boundless effect, but its essence is subtle and profound.

Although ordinary men and women are ignorant, they can know the simple truths, but if they want to explore the most subtle aspects of these truths, even the sages will have mysteries that they don't know.Although ordinary men and women are not virtuous, they can practice simple principles, but if they want to achieve the highest standards of these principles, even saints will not be able to reach the realm.The world is so vast and vast, but people still have some dissatisfaction with it.Therefore, when a gentleman talks about the doctrine of the mean, nothing in the world can bear it when it comes to its greatness, and nothing in the world can analyze it when it comes to its smallness.

"The Book of Songs" says: "The eagle soars to the blue sky, and the fish jumps into the abyss." These two poems are a metaphor for the golden mean, the upper reaches the sky, and the lower reaches the abyss.

The doctrine of the mean practiced by a gentleman starts from the simple truths that ordinary men and women know, and when they go deep into the deep, they reach the highest level, and then they are manifested in the world, everywhere, and all-encompassing.

[Zhu Xi Tips]

Right Chapter 12, the words of Zisi, cover the meaning of affirming the first chapter "Tao cannot be separated".In the next eight chapters, the words of Confucius are miscellaneously quoted to clarify them.

【Translation】

Zhu Xi said that the above paragraph is Chapter 12, which is what Zisi said, clarifying the meaning of Chapter 1's so-called "Tao cannot be separated".The next eight chapters are expounded by citing the words of Confucius.

(End of this chapter)