盥而不荐,有孚顒若。
Kwân shows (how he whom it represents should be like) the worshipper who has washed his hands, but not (yet) presented his offerings;—with sincerity and an appearance of dignity (commanding reverent regard).
Legge’s romanization predates pinyin, so the same word may be spelled differently in the two systems (Kh’ien / Qián). Body text on this site uses pinyin throughout.
王道之可觀者,莫盛乎宗廟。宗廟之可觀者,莫盛於盥也。至薦簡略,不足復觀,故觀盥而不觀薦也。孔子曰:「禘自既灌而往者,吾不欲觀之矣。」盡夫觀盛,則「下觀而化」矣。故觀至盥則「有孚顒若」也。
「觀盥而」至「顒若」。○正義曰:「觀」者,王者道德之美而可觀也,故謂之觀。「觀盥而不薦」者,可觀之事,莫過宗廟之祭盥,其禮盛也。薦者,謂既灌之後,陳薦籩豆之事,故云「觀盥而不薦」也。「有孚顒若」者,孚,信也。但下觀此盛禮,莫不皆化,悉有孚信而顒然,故云「有孚顒若」。○注「王道之可觀」至「有孚顒若也」。○正義曰:「盡夫觀盛則下觀而化」者,「觀盛」謂觀盥禮盛則休而止,是觀其大,不觀其細,此是下之效上,因「觀」而皆化之矣。故「觀至盥則有孚顒若」者,顒是嚴正之貌,「若」為語辭,言「下觀而化」,皆孚信容貌儼然也。