| text | 知和而和，不以禮節之，亦不可行也 |
|---|---|
| header | 句子 |
| text-pinyin | 知和而和[zhī hé ér hé]， 不以禮節之[bù yǐ lǐ jié zhī]， 亦不可行也[yì bù kě xíng yě] |
| englishtrans | If one, knowing how such ease should be prized, manifests it, without regulating it by the rules of propriety, this likewise is not to be done. (literally: know harmony and then be at harmony, [but] not by li constrain it, also won't do.) |
| notes | Pattern: 以X = 用X/來X/因為X; using X/in order to X/because of X |
| src | Analects 1.12 |
| frontnotes | 節[jíe] - to bind, to restrain; retraint |
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