Zǐ yuē `zhí shèng wén zé yě, wén shèng zhí zé shǐ. Wénzhíbīnbīn, ránhòu jūnzǐ.'“Lúnyǔ. Yōngyě” ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- < English Translation> Confucius said “Where the solid qualities are in excess of accomplishments, we have rusticity; where the accomplishments are in excess of the solid qualities, we have the manners of a clerk. When the accomplishments and solid qualities are equally blended,we then have the man of virtue.”
< Explanation in Simplified> 孔子说:朴实多于文采,就未免粗野;文采多于朴实,又未免虚浮。文采和朴实,配合适当,这才是个君子。
< Explanation in Traditional> 孔子說:樸實多於文采,就未免粗野;文采多於樸實,又未免虚浮。文采和樸實,配合適當,這才是個君子。