子谓《韶》：“尽美矣，又尽善也。”谓《武》：“尽美矣，未尽善也。”
1The Master said of the Shao that it was perfectly beautiful and also perfectly good. He said of the Wu that it was perfectly beautiful but not perfectly good.
Book 3, Passage 3.25
The Master said of the Shao that it was perfectly beautiful and also perfectly good. He said of the Wu that it was perfectly beautiful but not perfectly good.
子谓《韶》：“尽美矣，又尽善也。”谓《武》：“尽美矣，未尽善也。”
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Chinese commentary · 4 notes
The notes printed with this passage in Chinese editions, kept in Chinese, for readers who come to the text that way.
《韶》：相传是舜时的乐曲名。
美：指乐曲的声音美。
善：指乐曲的内容美。
《武》：相传是周武王时的乐曲名。