Exploring the Analects

Exploring the Analects

Book 3: 《八佾》 Ba Yi (Eight Rows)

《八佾》 Passage 3.23

子語魯大師樂。曰:「樂其可知也:始作,翕如也;從之,純如也,皦如也,繹如也,以成。」

Legge Translation (1861)

The Master instructing the grand music master of Lu said: "How to play music may be known. At the commencement of the piece, all the parts should sound together. As it proceeds, they should be in harmony while severally distinct and flowing without break, and thus on to the conclusion."

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