龍源-黃藥師的相機世界

才德

Talents and Virtues

344.

故曰，百言百當，不若舍趣而審仁義也。

（卷三十五　文子）

344.

Rather than hoping that everything we say is a suitable piece of advice that should be accepted, why not deliberate whether what we say is pertinent to benevolence and righteousness?

Scroll 35: Wen Zi

【白話】

與其每次建言都適當而被採用，不如看存心是否合乎仁義。

345.

故作者不尚其辭麗，而貴其存道也；不好其巧慧，而惡其傷義也。

（卷四十七 政要論）

345.

A piece of writing should not be esteemed for its grandiose writing style. Instead, writing should be esteemed because it can preserve the tradition of virtue. The rhetorics need not be clever and decorative, but it should be careful not to injure morality.

Scroll 47: Zheng Yao Lun

【註釋】

①作者：指從事文章撰述或藝術創作的人。

【白話】

對於作者的著述不應崇尚文辭的華麗，而應貴在保存並承傳聖賢的道統；不應稱道其文字精巧聰慧，而擔心其中的言論會有傷義理。