Confucius. Book 3, Chapter 26.
Book 3, Pa Yih.

The Master said, "High station filled without indulgent generosity; ceremonies performed without reverence; mourning conducted without sorrow; ‹ wherewith should I contemplate such ways?"

Text source: Lun Yu, The Confucian Analects. Translated by James Legge.

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