The Great Learning, Commentary of the Philosopher Tsang, Chapter 1. The above first chapter of commentary explains the illustration of illustrious virtue.

1. In the Announcement of K'ang, it is said, "He was able to make his virtue illustrious."

2. In the Tai Chia, it is said, "He contemplated and studied the illustrious decrees of Heaven."

3. In the Canon of the emperor (Yao), it is said, "He was able to make illustrious his lofty virtue."

4. These passages all show how those sovereigns made themselves illustrious.

<€CH> The above first chapter of commentary explains the illustration of illustrious virtue.

Text source: The Great Learning. Translated by James Legge.

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