The Analects论语

Book 3, Passage 3.20

The Master said, 'The Kwan Tsu is expressive of enjoyment without being licentious, and of grief without being hurtfully excessive.'

子曰:“《关雎》,乐而不淫,哀而不伤。”
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子zǐ曰yuē:“《关guān雎jū》,乐lè而ér不bù淫yín,哀āi而ér不bù伤shāng。”

1The Master said, 'The Kwan Tsu is expressive of enjoyment without being licentious, and of grief without being hurtfully excessive.'

Chinese commentary · 1 notes

The notes printed with this passage in Chinese editions, kept in Chinese, for readers who come to the text that way.

《关雎》:《诗经》中的第一篇。

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