子曰：“奢则不孙，俭则固。与其不孙也，宁固。”
1The Master said, 'Extravagance leads to insubordination, and parsimony to meanness. It is better to be mean than to be insubordinate.'
Book 7, Passage 7.36
The Master said, 'Extravagance leads to insubordination, and parsimony to meanness. It is better to be mean than to be insubordinate.'
子曰：“奢则不孙，俭则固。与其不孙也，宁固。”
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Chinese commentary · 2 notes
The notes printed with this passage in Chinese editions, kept in Chinese, for readers who come to the text that way.
孙、同“逊”，恭顺。不孙，即为不逊，这里指“越礼”。
固：简陋、鄙陋，这里是寒酸的意思。