[原文]
3.2 夫《易》惟谈天，入神致用;故《系》称旨远辞文，言中事隐。韦编三绝，固哲人之骊渊也。《书》实记言，而训诂茫昧，通乎尔雅，则文意晓然。故子夏叹《书》，“昭昭若日月之明，离离如星辰之行”，言昭灼也。《诗》主言志，沽训同《书》，搞风栽兴，藻辞谲喻，温柔在诵，故最附深衷矣。《礼》以立体，据事制范，章条纤曲，执而后显。采掇[生]片言，莫非宝也。《春秋》辨理，一字见义，五石六鹢，以详[略]备成文，雉门两观，以先后显旨。其婉章志晦，谅以邃矣。《尚书》则览文如诡，而寻理即畅;《春秋》则观辞立晓，而访义方隐。此圣[人]丈之殊致，表里之异体者也。
[今译]
《易经》只讲天道，极为神妙，可以实用;所以《系辞上》说它含义深远，文辞精美，话说的得当，只是事理难懂。孔子读《易经》，编竹简的皮带断了三次，它本是圣人探索学问的奥秘的宝库。《尚书》确实是记录宣言文告的，它的语言古奥难懂。只要懂得了古代语言，它的文章便很清楚。所以子夏赞美《书经》，“像日月照耀那样明亮，像星宿排列那样分明”，是说记载得非常明白。《诗经》主要是用来表达情志的，它的古代语言跟《书经》一样需要解释，它发扬民歌特点，采用比兴手法，文辞美好，比喻婉曲，诵读时可以体会温柔的风格，所以最能切合深切的情怀。《礼经》用来建立体制，根据事实来制定规范，条例细密详尽，照着实行起来，功效显著。摘取其中的片言只语，没有不是宝贝。《春秋》分别是非，用一个字来显出褒贬，说陨石五块，六只水鸟倒飞，用详密的记载构成文辞，说宫门和门前的两观失火，用排列的先后来显示分别主次的用意。它的文笔婉曲，用意隐蔽，确实是很深刻了。《尚书》看文字好像古奥，探讨它的意义却很明白;《春秋》的文字一看就懂，探讨它的意义却很隐蔽。这是由于经书的文字各有特色，从表到里构成不同的体例所造成的。
3.2 The Book of Changes discourses on heaven; it enters into the spirit and can be put to use. That is why the "Great Appendix" claims that its meaning is deep, its language beautiful, its judgments appropriate, and its allusions hidden. When the Master was studying it, the leather thongs binding the bamboo slips wore out three times: It is truly a treasure house for wise men. The Book of Documents is a collection of ancient sayings and records. Although its language is old and incomprehensible, to one who knows the ancient language its meaning is clear. That is why Zi Xia, celebrating its lucidity, praised it as "bright and shining like the sun and moon, clear and orderly like the stars." The Book of Poetry, which mainly expresses sentiments, is as old as the Book of Documents in language. It has folk songs and comparisons. Its language is ornamented, similes colorful, and its effect in recitation gentle. It is infinitely touching. The Book of Rites establishes institutions and codes of human affairs. Its rules are elaborate, detailed, and effective. Every phrase or sentence in it is valuable. The Spring and Autumn Annals can use one word to express an idea. Its descriptions of the five meteorites and the six egrets are brief, its account of the fire at the tower gates relies on the descriptive sequence to unfold meaning. Its language is indirect and meaning obscure. The language of the Book of Documents seems cryptic, but the meaning is clear. The language of the Spring and Autumn Annals seems clear at first sight, but the meaning is hidden. All this manifests the complexity of sentiments and the differences of forms in the works of the sages.
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