食色性也
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Chinese[edit]
eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed |
colour; dice; look colour; dice; look; appearance |
sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity | also; too | ||
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trad. (食色性也) | 食 | 色 | 性 | 也 | |
simp. #(食色性也) | 食 | 色 | 性 | 也 |
Etymology[edit]
- 告子曰:「食色,性也。仁,內也,非外也;義,外也,非內也。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Gàozǐ yuē: “Shí sè, xìng yě. Rén, nèi yě, fēi wài yě; yì, wài yě, fēi nèi yě.” [Pinyin]
- The philosopher Gao said, "To enjoy food and delight in colours is nature. Benevolence is internal and not external; righteousness is external and not internal."
告子曰:「食色,性也。仁,内也,非外也;义,外也,非内也。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
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Phrase[edit]
食色性也