Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Chinese汉语 term or phrase:
致广大而尽精微
English英语 translation:
seeking to carry it out to its breadth and greatness, so as to omit none of the more exquisite and minute points which it embraces
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Chinese汉语 term
致广大而尽精微
Chinese汉语译成English英语
艺术/文学
诗词与文学
尊德行而道问学，{致广大而尽精微}，极高明而道中庸，温故而知新
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《中庸》的中英对照详见链接
故君子尊德性而道問學，致廣大而盡精微，極高明而道中庸。溫故而知新，敦厚以崇禮。
Therefore, the superior man honors his virtuous nature, and maintains constant inquiry and study, seeking to carry it out to its breadth and greatness, so as to omit none of the more exquisite and minute points which it embraces, and to raise it to its greatest height and brilliancy, so as to pursue the course of the Mean. He cherishes his old knowledge, and is continually acquiring new. He exerts an honest, generous earnestness, in the esteem and practice of all propriety.
故君子尊德性而道問學，致廣大而盡精微，極高明而道中庸。溫故而知新，敦厚以崇禮。
Therefore, the superior man honors his virtuous nature, and maintains constant inquiry and study, seeking to carry it out to its breadth and greatness, so as to omit none of the more exquisite and minute points which it embraces, and to raise it to its greatest height and brilliancy, so as to pursue the course of the Mean. He cherishes his old knowledge, and is continually acquiring new. He exerts an honest, generous earnestness, in the esteem and practice of all propriety.
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6天
extending himself in breadth and greatness, penetrating all subtleties,
Superior Man esteems his virtuous nature and follows the path of inquiry, extending himself in breadth and greatness, penetrating all subtleties, penetrating its height and brilliance, following the course of the actualization of the Mean.
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extending himself in breadth and greatness, penetrating all subtleties
http://nothingistic.org/library/confucius/mean/ (Legge)
seeking to carry it out to its breadth and greatness, so as to omit none of the more exquisite and minute points which it embraces,