陋儒

陋儒

1. (dated) ignorant scholar; learned fool; morosoph

   • 上不能好其人，下不能隆禮，安特將學雜識志，順詩書而已耳。則末世窮年，不免為陋儒而已。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     上不能好其人，下不能隆礼，安特将学杂识志，顺诗书而已耳。则末世穷年，不免为陋儒而已。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Xunzi, c. 3^rd century BCE

     Shàng bùnéng hào qírén, xià bùnéng lónglǐ, ān tè jiāng xuézá zhìzhì, shùn shīshū éryǐ ěr. Zé mòshì qióngnián, bùmiǎn wéi lòurú éryǐ. [Pinyin]

     If one cannot first appreciate a true scholar with all one's heart, and next fails to place the Li at the highest place in one's studies, all the efforts will amount to nothing but the study and memory of trivial miscellanea while becoming somewhat familiar with the Classics. At the end of the day, one's fate as a learned fool is sealed.