或言否否請深思,大匠焉能似此嬉!
見說兒童惜杯盞,孰云君子敗尊彝?
注:○大匠:木工之精詣者?!独献印罚骸胺虼練⒄邭?,是謂代大匠斲。夫代大匠斲者,稀有不傷其手矣。”此指陶工,而又譬夫造物者也。○尊彝:禮器也?!吨芏Y·春官·司尊彝》:“司尊彝,掌六尊六彝之位?!薄秶Z·周語中》:“出其尊彝,陳其俎豆。”韋昭注:“尊、彝皆受酒之器也?!薄鹪脑疲骸捌浯握咴唬弘m狡童不毀其杯盞,蓋嘗欣然以之飲也。即盛怒下,彼豈必輕毀我輩哉!”譯文“君子敗尊彝”云云,旁衍之慨嘆耳。
Then said a Second——"Ne'er a peevish Boy
Would break the Bowl from which he drank in joy;
And He that with his hand the Vessel made
Will surely not in after Wrath destroy."