1The Master said, 'Where the solid qualities are in excess of accomplishments, we have rusticity; where the accomplishments are in excess of the solid qualities, we have the manners of a clerk. When the accomplishments and solid qualities are equally blended, we then have the man of virtue.'
Book 6, Passage 6.18
The Master said, 'Where the solid qualities are in excess of accomplishments, we have rusticity; where the accomplishments are in excess of the solid qualities,…
子曰：“质胜文则野，文胜质则史。文质彬彬，然后君子。”
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文质彬彬：文质配合适当。