[原文]

3.3至根柢槃深，枝叶峻茂，辞约而旨丰，事近而喻远。是以往者虽旧，馀味日新。后进追取而非晚，前修[文]久用而未先，可谓太山遍雨，河润千里者也。

[今译]

经书中的文章根柢盘结深固，枝高叶茂，语言简练而意义丰富，叙事浅近而喻意深远。因此这些以前的文章虽然是旧的，可是体会它的无穷意味一天天有新的启发。后辈从中探索并不嫌迟，前辈长久运用并不见得占先，它可以说像太山上的云气能够使遍天下都下雨，像黄河的水可以使几千里的原野都受到灌溉。

3.3 Classics are like trees, with deep roots, tall branches, and lush foliage. Their language is concise, meaning rich; their examples are common, implications far-reaching. That is why they offer fresh revelations with cach passing day, albeit written in the remote past. Late-comers will study them without feeling too late, earlier generations would not have gained advantage if they had already used them. They resemble the clouds over Mount Tai that bring auspicious rain across the land; they are like the Yellow River, which waters land across several thousand li.

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