《文心雕龙·总术》
儒家经典以其内容深刻而不可磨灭，并不是以颜延年所谓无文采的 言 和有文采的 笔 来定其高下的。
《六经》以典奥为不刊，非以言笔为优劣也。
Confucian classics determine their value with their profound and eternal content, not with 言 (without literary stylings) and 笔 (with literary stylings) as Yan Yanzhi said.