QuoteQuest“殷因於夏禮，所損益，可知也；周因於殷禮，所損益，可知也。其或繼周者，雖百世，可知也。”
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- Title
- Wikiquote: Confucius
- Type
- reference · Secondary source
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- Wikiquote
Context
The Yin based its propriety on that of the Xia, and what it added and subtracted is knowable. The Zhou has based its propriety on that of the Shang and what it added and subtracted is knowable. In this way, what continues from the Chou, even if 100 generations hence, is knowable.
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Confucius. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Confucius. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Confucius
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