《中庸》英译（九）

子曰：“天下国家可均也，爵禄可辞也，白刃可蹈也，中庸不可能也。”

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IX.

Confucius remarked: “A man may be able to renounce the possession of Kingdoms and Empire, be able to spurn the honours and emoluments of office, be able to trample upon bare, naked weapons, with all that he shall not be able to find the central clue in his moral being.”