《中庸》英译（三十二）

唯天下至诚，为能经纶天下之大经，立天下之大本，知天地之化育。夫焉有所倚？肫肫其仁，渊渊其渊，浩浩其天。苟不固聪明圣知达天德者，其孰能知之？

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XXXII.

It is only he in this world who is possessed of absolute truth that can order and adjust the great relations of human society, fix the fundamental principles of morality, and understand the laws of creation of the Universe.

Now where does such a man derive his power and knowledge except from himself? How all-absorbing his humanity! How unfathomable the depth of his mind! How infinitely grand and vast his divine nature! Who can understand such a nature except he who is gifted with the most perfect intelligence and endowed with the highest divine qualities of nature and mind?