Exploring the Analects

Exploring the Analects

Book 3: 《八佾》 Ba Yi (Eight Rows)

《八佾》 Passage 3.11

或問禘之說。子曰:「不知也。知其說者之於天下也,其如示諸斯乎!」指其掌。

Legge Translation (1861)

Some one asked the meaning of the great sacrifice. The Master said: "I do not know. He who knew its meaning would find it as easy to govern the kingdom as to look on this"; — pointing to his palm.
天命

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