[原文]

1.2 傍及万品，动植皆文:龙凤以藻绘呈瑞，虎豹以炳蔚凝姿;云霞雕色，有逾画工之妙;草木贲华，无待锦匠之奇。夫岂外饰，盖自然耳。至于林籁结响，调如竽瑟;泉石激韵，和若球镍:故形立则章成矣，声发则文生矣。夫以无识之物，郁然有彩，有心之器，其无文欤?

[今译]

推广到万物，动物植物都有文章:龙凤用纹理彩色来显示祥瑞，虎豹用花色来构成丰姿;云霞构成华彩，胜过画家设色的巧妙;草木开花，不需要织锦工人手艺的神奇。这一切难道是外加的装饰吗?是自然形成罢了。再像风吹林木发声，谐和得像吹竽弹瑟;泉水激石成韵，和谐得像击磬打钟:所以形体确立和声韵激发就有文章了。那些无知的东西还有丰富的文采，有心智的人，哪能没有文章呢?

1.2 It can be inferred that all forms of existence have patterns, animals and plants alike. Brilliant scales or plumes give splendor to a dragon or a phoenix; magnificent stripes and colors give grandeur to tigers and leopards. The colors of a rainbow surpass art; the blossoms of plants are beyond craftsmanship. Not extraneous embellishments, but Nature makes it so. Similarly,the sounds produced on the apertures in forest trees resemble music from pipes and lutes; spring water falling on rocks sounds like melodies from jade chimes and bronze bells. Thus with the making of forms, patterns appear; with the making of sounds, writings emerge. If insentient beings possess such brilliance, how can the feeling and thinking human being lack splendors of art?

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