乡党第十 · chapter 8 · not yet coveredHe did not tire of finely polished rice or of finely sliced meat

食不厭精，膾不厭細。食饐而餲，魚餒而肉敗，不食。色惡，不食。臭惡，不食。失飪，不食。不時，不食。割不正，不食。不得其醬，不食。肉雖多，不使勝食氣。惟酒無量，不及亂。沽酒市脯不食。不撤薑食。不多食。祭於公，不宿肉。祭肉不出三日。出三日，不食之矣。食不語，寢不言。雖疏食菜羹，瓜祭，必齊如也。

He did not tire of finely polished rice or of finely sliced meat. Rice that had spoiled and turned sour, fish gone bad, or meat that had rotted, he did not eat. Food of bad color he did not eat; food of bad smell he did not eat. Food badly cooked he did not eat; food out of season he did not eat. Meat not cut properly he did not eat; without the right sauce he did not eat. Even when there was much meat, he did not let it overpower the rice. Only in wine he set no limit, but never to the point of disorder. Wine and dried meat bought at the market he did not eat. He did not do without ginger, but did not eat much. After a sacrifice at the duke's, he did not keep the meat overnight. Sacrificial meat he did not keep beyond three days; beyond three days, he would not eat it. He did not converse while eating, nor talk in bed. Even with coarse rice and vegetable soup, he offered some in sacrifice, always with reverence.