The Unity of Form and Substance: “Ornament is as Substance; Substance is as Ornament”

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Zi Gong said: “Ornament is as substance; substance is as ornament.”

Ornament is as substance; substance is as ornament.

文犹质也，质犹文也。

Source: The Analects, Yan Yuan XII, Chapter 8

Author: Zi Gong

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