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其緖餘 又足以資多識이라 ○ 學詩之法을 此章盡之하니 讀是經者 所宜盡心也니라
[James Legge] The Master said, “My children, why do you not study the Book of Poetry?
9. 공자께서 말씀하셨다. “너희들은 어찌하여 시(詩)를 배우지 않느냐?
[James Legge] The Odes serve to stimulate the mind.
[James Legge] They may be used for purposes of self-contemplation.
[James Legge] They teach the art of sociability.
[James Legge] They show how to regulate feelings of resentment.
[James Legge] From them you learn the more immediate duty of serving one's father, and the remoter one of serving one's prince.
가까이는 어버이를 섬길 수 있고, 멀리는 임금을 섬길 수 있으며,
[James Legge] From them we become largely acquainted with the names of birds, beasts, and plants.”
새와 짐승, 풀과 나무의 이름을 많이 알게 된다.”