A passage in Xunzi s Theory of Music , please help translate it

Xunzi (about 313 B.C. 238 BC), the name of the Qing, because of the avoidance of the Western Han Emperor Xuandi Liu Xun, because of the ancient sound of the words "Xun" and "Sun", so it is also called Sun Qing. Han nationality, at the end of the Warring States period of the Zhou Dynasty, Zhao Guoyi clan (now Anze, Shanxi) people. A famous thinker, writer, politician, one of the representative figures of Confucianism, he was honored as "Xun Qing" by the people of the time.

It has been out of the sacrificial wine of the school palace of the Qi State three times, and then it was the order of Chu Lanling (now Shandong Lanling). Xunzi developed Confucianism and advocated the theory of sexual evil, which is often compared with Mencius's theory of sexual goodness. He also made considerable contributions to the reorganization of Confucian classics.

The gentleman said that learning should not be stopped. Indigo is extracted from indigo, but it is more green in color than indigo; Ice is formed by the condensation of water, but it is colder than water. The wood is so straight that it fits a straightened ink rope, and if it is heated and bent to make a wheel, it will be bent to conform to the compass, and even if it is dried in the sun, it will no longer be straight, because it is bent like this by art.

So the wood is straight after the ink line is measured, and the metal knife is sharp when it is sharpened on the whetstone. If a gentleman learns extensively and checks himself against each other, he will be wise and wise, and he will not make mistakes in his actions. I used to think all day long, but I didn't gain as much as studying for a while; I used to stand on my heels and look out, but it was better to climb up to a high place to see the vastness.

Ascending and beckoning, the arms are not lengthened, but people can see them from a distance; Shouting with the wind, the voice does not increase in height, but the listener will hear clearly; Those who use chariots and horses do not walk fast with their feet, but they can reach thousands of miles away; Those who use boats are not able to swim themselves, but they can cross rivers. The nature of a gentleman is no different from that of ordinary people, but he is good at relying on external objects. Mountains of earth are piled up, and storms arise from there; The water flows into the abyss, and the dragon grows there; If you accumulate good deeds and form good moral character, you will attain the highest wisdom and have the mental realm of a saint.

Therefore, without accumulating every small step, you cannot go far and far; Without pooling the streams, rivers and seas cannot be formed. The horse cannot jump ten paces away once; An inferior horse-drawn cart can go far after ten days, and its success lies in not stopping. Take a knife and carve something, stop in the middle, and rotten wood cannot be carved; If you keep carving, you can carve the gold and stone successfully.

The earthworm does not have sharp claws and strong bones, but it can eat dirt and drink spring water because it is single-minded; The crab has six legs and two large clips, but there is no place for a burrow without a snake eel because of its impetuousness.