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善建者不拔，善抱者不脫，子孫以祭祀不輟。修之於身，其德乃真；修之於家，其德乃餘；修之於鄉，其德乃長；修之於國，其德乃豐；修之於天下，其德乃普。故以身觀身，以家觀家，以鄉觀鄉，以國觀國，以天下觀天下。吾何以知天下然哉？以此。What is well planted cannot be uprooted; what is well held cannot slip away; and descendants will keep up the ancestral offerings without end. Cultivate it in yourself and your virtue will be genuine; cultivate it in your family and your virtue will be abundant; cultivate it in your village and your virtue will endure; cultivate it in your state and your virtue will flourish; cultivate it in the world and your virtue will be universal. So observe the self by the self, the family by the family, the village by the village, the state by the state, the world by the world. How do I know the world is so? By this.
白Plain Chinese
善于建立的，不会被拔除；善于抱持的，不会脱落，子孙因此祭祀不断。用道修养自身，他的德就纯真；用道修养一家，他的德就有余；用道修养一乡，他的德就长久；用道修养一国，他的德就丰盛；用道修养天下，他的德就普遍。所以用自身来观察自身，用家来观察家，用乡来观察乡，用国来观察国，用天下来观察天下。我怎么知道天下的情况呢？就是凭这个。
Draft plain-Chinese rendering following Wang Bi; it will be checked when the chapter is taught.
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