The Analects论语

Book 10, Passage 10.6

The superior man did not use a deep purple, or a puce colour, in the ornaments of his dress.

君子不以绀緅饰。红紫不以为亵服。当暑,袗絺绤,必表而出之。缁衣羔裘,…
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君jūn子zǐ不bù以yǐ绀gàn緅zōu饰shì。红hóng紫zǐ不bù以yǐ为wéi亵xiè服fú。当dāng暑shǔ,袗zhěn絺chī绤xì,必bì表biǎo而ér出chū之zhī。缁zī衣yī羔gāo裘qiú,素sù衣yī麑ní裘qiú:黄huáng衣yī狐hú裘qiú。亵xiè裘qiú长cháng,短duǎn右yòu袂mèi。必bì有yǒu寝qǐn衣yī,长cháng一yī身shēn有yǒu半bàn。狐hú貉háo之zhī厚hòu以yǐ居jū。去qù丧sāng无wú所suǒ不bù佩pèi。非fēi帷wéi裳shang,必bì杀shā之zhī。羔gāo裘qiú玄xuán冠guān不bù以yǐ吊diào。吉jí月yuè,必bì朝zhāo服fú而ér朝cháo。

1The superior man did not use a deep purple, or a puce colour, in the ornaments of his dress.

2Even in his undress, he did not wear anything of a red or reddish colour.

3In warm weather, he had a single garment either of coarse or fine texture, but he wore it displayed over an inner garment.

4Over lamb's fur he wore a garment of black; over fawn's fur one of white; and over fox's fur one of yellow.

5The fur robe of his undress was long, with the right sleeve short.

6He required his sleeping dress to be half as long again as his body.

7When staying at home, he used thick furs of the fox or the badger.

8When he put off mourning, he wore all the appendages of the girdle.

9His under-garment, except when it was required to be of the curtain shape, was made of silk cut narrow above and wide below.

10He did not wear lamb's fur or a black cap, on a visit of condolence.

11On the first day of the month he put on his court robes, and presented himself at court.

Chinese commentary · 14 notes

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

绀:深青带红(天青色)。緅:黑中带红。饰:镶边。

亵服:平时在家里穿的便服。

袗絺绤(x

):诊,单衣。这里是说,穿粗的或细的葛布单衣。

缁:黑色。,细葛布。绤,粗葛布。

羔裘:羔羊皮袍。古人穿皮袍,毛向外,因此外面要用罩衣。古代的羔裘都是黑色的羊毛,因此要配上黑色罩衣,就是缁衣。

麑:小鹿,白色。

袂:衣袖。

寝衣:被。古代大被叫衾,小被叫被。

居:今字作“踞”。古人席地而坐,即蹲着坐。

帷裳:礼服,上朝或祭礼时穿,用整幅的布不加裁剪而成,上窄下宽,多余的布做成褶。

杀:减少,裁去。

玄冠:一种黑色礼帽。羔裘玄冠都是黑色的,古代用作吉服,故不能穿去吊丧。

吉月:每月初一。

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