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Look at a rat, -- it has its teeth;
But a man shall be without any right deportment.
If a man have not right deportment,
What should he wait for but death?
Look at a rat, -- it has its limbs;
But a man shall be without any rules of propriety.
If a man observe no rules of propriety,
Why does he not quickly die?
【Source】 The English translation text was taken from The Chinese Classics, vol. 4 by James Legge (1898) and checked against a reprinted edition by Wen Zhi Zhe chu pan she (Taiwan, 1971).