The Sage Has Passed Away, but He Will Always Be Remembered
圣人虽已消逝，但其精神永垂千载。在中国古代儒学发展过程中，孔子的“述而不作”引领了复古的思想潮流，后人学习孔子，遂使复古成为一个特别的思维模式，用刘勰在《文心雕龙》中的表述，就是“原道、征圣、宗经”。所有诗文创作均以儒家经典为准绳，继承风雅精神，发挥文章的教化作用。孔子享年不足百龄，但是他的思想却影响了上千年，至今不衰。
In the development of Confucianism in ancient China, the belief of Confucius to pass on the thinking of past sages without change led the trend to restore and revere the thinking of the ancients. Later generation scholars who studied Confucianism adopted this trend as a special approach to study. As described by Liu Xie in The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons, this was "tracing the fundamental way of nature, following what sages said and the guidance of Confucian classics." Liu advocated that all poetic and other literary works should be written in accordance with the Confucian classics and that such works should inherit the refined styles of the classics and give play their educational role. Confucius lived less than a hundred years, but his thinking has been passed on for more than a thousand years and is still influential today.
引例 Citation：
◎鉴悬日月，辞富山海。百龄影徂，千载心在。（刘勰《文心雕龙·征圣》）
圣人的见解如同高悬的日月一样光明，经典的辞藻如同高山大海一样繁富。圣人的形体虽已消逝，但其精神永垂千载。
The sage's vision is as encompassing as the sun and moon, and his expressions are as vast in scope as mountains and overflowing as the sea. He has passed away, but he will always be remembered. (Liu Xie: The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons)
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