《大学》英译（七）

所谓修身在正其心者：身有所忿懥，则不得其正；有所恐惧，则不得其正；有所好乐，则不得其正；有所忧患，则不得其正。心不在焉，视而不见，听而不闻，食而不知其味，此谓修身在正其心。<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

What is meant by, “The cultivation of the person depends on rectifying the mind,” may be thus illustrated: –If a man be under the influence of passion, he will be incorrect in his conduct. He will be the same, if he is under the influence of terror, or under the influence of fond regard, or under that of sorrow and distress. When the mind is not present, we look and do not see; we hear and do not understand; we eat and do not know the taste of what we eat. This is what is meant by saying that the cultivation of the person depends on the rectifying of the mind.