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Heang Tang / 7

齐，必有明衣，布。齐必变食，居必迁坐。

Modern Chinese Guide

斋戒的时候，一定要有浴后所穿的干净内衣，用布做成。斋戒时一定要改变平常的饮食，居住也一定要改换卧处，不与妻妾同房。

James Legge Translation

1. When fasting, he thought it necessary to have his clothes brightly clean and made of linen cloth. 2. When fasting, he thought it necessary to change his food, and also to change the place where he commonly sat in the apartment.

Notes and themes

  • 底本：Wikisource 整理的 James Legge《The Chinese Classics》公版中英文本。
  • 中文由繁体转为简体，后续白话解释需逐章审校。
  • 白话参考底本：《白话论语读本》，张兆瑢、沈元起编译，上海广益书局1948 年新三版。
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