Book 12: 《顏淵》 Yan Yuan
《顏淵》 Passage 12.1
顏淵問仁。子曰：「克己復禮為仁。一日克己復禮，天下歸仁焉。為仁由己，而由人乎哉？」顏淵曰：「請問其目。」子曰：「非禮勿視，非禮勿聽，非禮勿言，非禮勿動。」顏淵曰：「回雖不敏，請事斯語矣。」
Legge Translation (1861)
Yan Yuan asked about perfect virtue. The Master said: "To subdue one's self and return to propriety, is perfect virtue. If a man can for one day subdue himself and return to propriety, all under heaven will ascribe perfect virtue to him. Is the practice of perfect virtue from a man himself, or is it from others?"Yan Yuan said: "I beg to ask the steps of that process." The Master replied: "Look not at what is contrary to propriety; listen not to what is contrary to propriety; speak not what is contrary to propriety; make no movement which is contrary to propriety."
Yan Yuan then said: "Though I am deficient in intelligence and vigor, I will make it my business to practice this lesson."
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