Confucian Analects · Analects 3.26
The Master said, 'High station filled without indulgent generosity; ceremonies performed without reverence; mourning conducted without sorrow;-- wherewith should I contemplate such ways?'
Chinese · source text【廿六章】子曰、居上不寬、為禮不敬、臨喪不哀、吾何以觀之哉。
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Confucius · English translation by James Legge · bilingual transcription
James Legge, The Chinese Classics, Volume 1: Confucian Analects · Project Gutenberg #4094
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