"That The Great Learning teaches, is to illustrate illustrious virtue; to renovate the people; and to rest in the highest excellence. The point where to rest being konwn, the object of pursuit is then determined; and, that being determined, a clam unperturbedness may be attained. To that calmness the"
"自天子以致庶人,壹是皆以修身为本。其本乱而末治者否矣。其所厚者薄,其所薄者厚,未之有也。"
"From the emperor down to the mass of the people, all must consider the cultivation of the person the root of everything besides. It cannot be, when the root is neglected, that what should spring from it will be well ordered. It never has been the case that what was of great importance has been sligh"
"其传十章,而门人记之也。旧本颇有错简。今因程子所定而更考经文,别为序次如左。"
"The ten chapters of explanation which follow contain the views of Zeng, and were recorded by his disciples. But now availing myself of the decisions of the philosopher Cheng, and having examined anew the classical text, I have arranged it in order, as follows."
"《康诰》曰:“克明德。” 《帝典》曰:“克明峻德。”"
"In the Announcement to Kang, it is said, “He was able to make his virtue illustrious.” In the Canon of the Emperor Yao, it is said, "He was able to make illustrious his lofty virtue.""