Very challenging, translating an ancient Chinese, experts advanced.
This passage is from the Book of Rites. The original text is "the stupidity of poetry, the falsehood of books, the extravagance of joy, the annoyance of rituals, and the chaos of the Spring and Autumn Period." Reading the Book of Songs in the wrong way will make you sing all day and become ignorant. Reading the Book of Songs is wrong. In Mencius' words, it is better to have no books. Reading Yue Jing in the wrong way will become a luxury. Reading the Book of Changes in the wrong way will become superstitious. If the Book of Rites is mispronounced,