“未发”是自发状态中的“性” ，“中节”之“和”是自觉中的“道” ，以礼节性达于道，是谓“中庸之德”。

Inertia is the nature"of their spontaneous state and appropriateness is the morality" of their conscious state. The attainment of morality by means of courtesy is what we call the virtue of the mean".

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“未发”是自发状态中的“性” ，“中节”之“和”是自觉中的“道” ，以礼节性达于道，是谓“中庸之德”。

Inertia is the nature"of their spontaneous state and appropriateness is the morality" of their conscious state. The attainment of morality by means of courtesy is what we call the virtue of the mean".

youdao