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| will lead to bias even where fairness is called for. | will lead to bias even where fairness is called for. | ||
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| + | ### 7. The arrogance of the impoverished... | ||
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| + | 貧賤驕人 雖涉虛憍 還有幾分俠氣，\\ | ||
| + | 英雄欺世 縱似揮霍 全沒半點真心。 | ||
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| + | The arrogance of the impoverished and lowly, | ||
| + | hollow posturing though it may be,\\ | ||
| + | at least has a shred of dignified courage.\\ | ||
| + | A remarkable person' | ||
| + | for all the flashy flourish of appearances, | ||
| + | has nothing heartfelt about it at all. | ||
| + | ### 8. Art and literature nurture... | ||
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| + | 琴書詩畫 達士以之養性靈 而庸夫徒賞其跡像，\\ | ||
| + | 山川雲物 高人以之助學識 而俗子徒玩其光華，\\ | ||
| + | 可見事物無定品 隨人識見 以爲高下，\\ | ||
| + | 故讀書窮理 要以識趣爲先。 | ||
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| + | Art and literature nurture extraordinary spirits\\ | ||
| + | but ordinary plodding souls\\ | ||
| + | merely admire the artifact and form; while\\ | ||
| + | Encounters with creation instruct accomplished minds\\ | ||
| + | but conventional | ||
| + | simply enjoy the brilliance and splendor.\\ | ||
| + | You may observe nothing has a fixed merit, but rather\\ | ||
| + | the quality depends on the discernment of the beholder.\\ | ||
| + | Therefore in study and contemplation\\ | ||
| + | insight into inclinations is of first import. | ||
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| + | ### 9. It is right that the young... | ||
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| + | 少壯者 事事當用意 而意反輕\\ | ||
| + | 徒汎汎作水中鳧而已 何以振雲霄之翮，\\ | ||
| + | 衰老者 事事宜忘情 而情反重\\ | ||
| + | 徒碌碌爲轅下駒而已 何以脫韁鎖之身。 | ||
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| + | It is right that the young and strong\\ | ||
| + | act with focused will in all things; | ||
| + | Instead the will is so trifling light\\ | ||
| + | the youth but drift like a duck upon the waves‒\\ | ||
| + | How, then, to take wing unto vast horizons? | ||
| + | It is meet that the old and failing\\ | ||
| + | dismiss the passions in all things; | ||
| + | Yet the passions bear such weight\\ | ||
| + | the aged are burdened as a fine horse at harness‒\\ | ||
| + | How, then, to shed the fettered self? | ||
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| + | ### 10. A crane looming among... | ||
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| + | 鶴立雞群 可謂超然無侶矣\\ | ||
| + | 然進而觀于大海之鹏 則渺然自小，\\ | ||
| + | 又進而求之九霄之鳳 則巍乎莫及，\\ | ||
| + | 所以至人常若無若虛 而盛德多不矜不伐也。 | ||
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| + | A crane looming among the chicken flock\\ | ||
| + | may seem aloof and peerless; | ||
| + | Yet going before the roc that looks to the endless sea\\ | ||
| + | it finds itself insignificant and small indeed, \\ | ||
| + | While farther to the phoenix that seeks the Ninth Heaven\\ | ||
| + | it is humbled by loftiness beyond its reach.\\ | ||
| + | Therefore a sage ever emulates the nought and null\\ | ||
| + | and, though great in virtue, is never pompous nor boastful. | ||
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| + | ### 11. Moth rushes flame... | ||
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| + | 蛾撲火 火焦蛾 莫謂禍生無本，\\ | ||
| + | 果種花 花結果 須知福至有因。 | ||
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| + | Moth rushes flame; flame roasts moth\\ | ||
| + | Think not that mischance sprouts without roots\\ | ||
| + | Fruit begets flower; flower bears fruit\\ | ||
| + | Know that blessings reach us for cause. | ||
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| + | ### 12. Whether autumn bug or... | ||
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| + | 秋蟲春鳥 共暢天機 何必浪生悲喜，\\ | ||
| + | 老樹新花 同含生意 胡爲妄別媸妍。 | ||
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| + | Whether autumn bug or spring bird\\ | ||
| + | all open up to the Universal Mystery, | ||
| + | so why should one open the floodgates \\ | ||
| + | of melancholy, and the other joy? | ||
| + | Ancient tree and newly-bloomed flower\\ | ||
| + | hold the same will for vitality, | ||
| + | so why willfully differentiate\\ | ||
| + | one as unseemly and the other lovely? | ||
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| + | ### 13. All lands share... | ||
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| + | 萬境一轍 原無地着箇窮通\\ | ||
| + | 萬物一體 原無處分箇彼我，\\ | ||
| + | 世人 迷真逐妄 乃向坦途上 自說一坎坷，\\ | ||
| + | 從空洞中 自築一籓籬 良足慨哉。 | ||
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| + | All lands share a single way\\ | ||
| + | and never were some closed and some clear; | ||
| + | All creation is but one\\ | ||
| + | and never was there a divide 'twixt you and me.\\ | ||
| + | Yet the world, truth-tricked and chasing phantasms, | ||
| + | pits the level road all uneven and rutted; \\ | ||
| + | and in lacuna vast builds encircling walls.\\ | ||
| + | Is this not a lamentable state of affairs? | ||
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| + | ### 14. Great works and vast plans... | ||
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| + | 大烈鴻猷 常出悠閑鎮定之士 不必忙忙，\\ | ||
| + | 休徵景福 多集寬洪長厚之家 何須瑣瑣。 | ||
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| + | Great works and vast plans always stem \\ | ||
| + | from relaxed and steady persons of quality; | ||
| + | there is no need to be so urgent and busy.\\ | ||
| + | Auspicious omens and blessings immense\\ | ||
| + | flock to homes of extensive, abundant generosity; | ||
| + | so why be small-minded and petty? | ||
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| + | ### 15. When the virtuous poor... | ||
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| + | 貧士肯濟人 纔是性天中惠澤，\\ | ||
| + | 鬧場能學道 方爲心地上功夫。 | ||
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| + | When the virtuous poor delight in giving aid, | ||
| + | that is a boon from Heaven-given nature indeed.\\ | ||
| + | When the Way is sought in cacophony and tumult, | ||
| + | surely the work builds on the bedrock of the soul. | ||
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