Fetching
One moment.
Fetching
One moment.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
12. He commanded the Hstfs and Hos’, in reverent accordance with (their observation of) the wide heavens, to calculate and delineate (the movements and appearances of) the sun, the moon, the stars, and the zodiacal spaces, and so to deliver respectfully the seasons to be observed by the people. 1 Y4o is to us now the name of the ancient ruler so denominated. The character means ‘high,’ ‘lofty and grand.’ It may originally have been an epithet, ‘the Exalted One.’ On the meaning of Tf in Tf Y4o, see what has been said in the Preface. ® The Han scholars held that Fang-hsiin was the name of Y4o. Those of Sung, taking the characters as an epithet, make them signify ‘the Highly Meritorious.’ * The Hsts and Hos seem to have been brothers of two families, on whom devolved the care of the calendar, principally with a view to regulate the seasons of agriculture. See Parts III, iv, and V, xxvii. On Y4o’s directions to them, see the Introduction, pp. 24-28. CHAP. 2. THE CANON OF YAO. 33 He separately commanded the second brother Hsi to reside at Yii-i!, in what was called the Bright Valley, and (there) respectfully to receive as a guest the rising sun, and to adjust and arrange the labours of the spring. ‘The day,’ (said he), ‘is of the medium length, and the star is in Nido ;—you may thus exactly determine mid-spring. The people are dispersed (in the fields), and birds and beasts breed and copulate.’ He further commanded the third brother Hsi to reside at Nan-#ido*, (in what was called the Brilliant Capital), to adjust and arrange the transformations of the summer, and respectfully to observe the exact limit (of the shadow). ‘The day,’ (said he), ‘is at its longest, and the star is in Hwo ;—you may thus exactly determine mid-summer. The people are more dispersed ; and birds and beasts have their feathers and hair thin, and change their coats.’ He separately commanded the second brother Ho to reside at the west, in what was called the Dark Valley, and (there) respectfully to convoy the setting sun, and to adjust and arrange the completing labours of the autumn. ‘The night,’ (said he), ‘is of the medium length, and the star is in Hsii ;—you may thus exactly determine mid-autumn. The people feel at ease, and birds and beasts have their coats in good condition.’ He further commanded. the third brother Ho to 1 Yi-f is by some identified with Tang-A4u, in Shan-tung, lat. 37° 48’, long. 121° 4’; by others, it is sought in Corea. 3 Nan-4ido was south, it is said, on the border of An-nan or Cochin-China, The characters for ‘in what was called the Brilliant Capital’ are supposed to have dropt out of the text. [1] D 34 THE SHO KING. PART I.
237° 48’, long. 121° 4’; by others, it is sought in Corea. 3 Nan-4ido was south, it is said, on the border of An-nan or Cochin-China, The characters for ‘in what was called the Brilliant Capital’ are supposed to have dropt out of the text. [1] D 34 THE SHO KING. PART I. reside in the northern region, in what was called the Sombre Capital, and (there) to adjust and examine the changes of the winter. ‘The day,’ (said he), ‘is at its shortest, and the star is in Mao ;—you may thus exactly determine mid-winter. The people keep in their houses, and the coats of birds and beasts are downy and thick.’ The Tt said, ‘Ah! you, Hsis and Hos, a round year consists of three hundred, sixty, and six days. Do you, by means of the intercalary month, fix the four seasons, and complete (the period of) the year. (Thereafter), the various officers being regulated in accordance with this, all the works (of the year) will be fully performed.’ 3. The Tt said, ‘Who will search out (for me) a man according to the times, whom I can raise and employ?’ Fang-&Ai said, ‘(Your) heir-son AQ! is highly intelligent.’ The Ti said, ‘ Alas! he is insincere and quarrelsome :—can he do ?’ The Tt said, ‘Who will search out (for me) a man equal to the exigency of my affairs?’ Hwan-tau? said, ‘Oh! the merits of the Minister of Works have just been displayed on a wide scale.’ The Tt said, ‘Alas! when-all is quiet, he talks; but when employed, his actions turn out differently. He is respectful (only) in appearance. See! the floods assail the heavens!’ The Ti said, ‘Ho! (President of) the Four 1 In Part II, iv, 2, Yui speaks of this son of Yo as ‘the haughty Ka of Tan,’ Tan probably being the name of a state, over which, according to tradition, he had been appointed. 2 Hwan-t4u and the Minister of Works, whom he recommends, appear in the next Book as great criminals. CHAP. 3. THE CANON OF YAO. 35 Mountains}, destructive in their overflow are the waters of the inundation. In their vast extent they embrace the hills and overtop the great heights, threatening the heavens with their floods, so that the lower people groan and murmur! Is there a capable man to whom I can assign the correction (of this calamity)?’ All (in the court) said, ‘Ah! is there not Khwan??’ The Tt said, ‘Alas! how perverse is he! He is disobedient to orders, and tries to injure his peers.’ (The President of) the Mountains said, ‘Well but—. Try if he can (accomplish the work).’ (Khw&n) was employed accordingly. The Ti said (to him), ‘Go; and be reverent!’ For nine years he laboured, but the work was unaccomplished.
3He is disobedient to orders, and tries to injure his peers.’ (The President of) the Mountains said, ‘Well but—. Try if he can (accomplish the work).’ (Khw&n) was employed accordingly. The Ti said (to him), ‘Go; and be reverent!’ For nine years he laboured, but the work was unaccomplished. The Tt said, ‘ Ho! (President of) the Four Mountains, I have been on the throne seventy years. You can carry out my commands ;—I will resign my place to you.’ The Chief said, ‘I have not the virtue ;— I should disgrace your place.’ (The Ti) said, ‘Show me some one among the illustrious, or set forth one from among the poor and mean.’ All (then) said to the Ti, ‘ There is an unmarried man among the lower people, called Shun of Yii*%’ The Tt 1 (President of) the Four Mountains, or simply Four Mountains, appears to have been the title of the chief minister of Y4o. The four mountains were—mount Thfi in the east; Hw4 in the west, in Shan-hst; Hang in the south, in Hf-nan; and Hing in the north, in Xih-li. These, probably, were the limits of the country, so far as known, and all within these points were the care of the chief minister. * Khwan is believed to have been the father of Yi, who afterwards coped successfully with the inundation. We are told that he was earl of Xhung, corresponding to the present district of HA, in Shen-hsf. * See on the title of next Book. D2 36 THE SHO KING. PART I. said, ‘Yes, I have heard of him. What have you to say about him?’ The Chief said, ‘ He is the son of a blind man. His father was obstinately unprincipled; his (step-)mother was insincere; his (half-) brother Hsiang was arrogant. He has been able, (however), by his filial piety to live in harmony with them, and to lead them gradually to self-government, so that they (no longer) proceed to great wickedness. The Tt said, ‘I will try him; I will wive him, and thereby see his behaviour with my two daughters.’ (Accordingly) he arranged and sent down his two daughters to the north of the Kwei?, to be wives in (the family of) Yi. The Tt said to them, ‘ Be reverent!’ 1 The Kwei is a small stream in Shan-hsf, which flows into the Ho. PART II. THE. BOOKS OF YU. Book I. THe Canon or Suun.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
12. He commanded the Hstfs and Hos’, in reverent accordance with (their observation of) the wide heavens, to calculate and delineate (the movements and appearances of) the sun, the moon, the stars, and the zodiacal spaces, and so to deliver respectfully the seasons to be observed by the people. 1 Y4o is to us now the name of the ancient ruler so denominated. The character means ‘high,’ ‘lofty and grand.’ It may originally have been an epithet, ‘the Exalted One.’ On the meaning of Tf in Tf Y4o, see what has been said in the Preface. ® The Han scholars held that Fang-hsiin was the name of Y4o. Those of Sung, taking the characters as an epithet, make them signify ‘the Highly Meritorious.’ * The Hsts and Hos seem to have been brothers of two families, on whom devolved the care of the calendar, principally with a view to regulate the seasons of agriculture. See Parts III, iv, and V, xxvii. On Y4o’s directions to them, see the Introduction, pp. 24-28. CHAP. 2. THE CANON OF YAO. 33 He separately commanded the second brother Hsi to reside at Yii-i!, in what was called the Bright Valley, and (there) respectfully to receive as a guest the rising sun, and to adjust and arrange the labours of the spring. ‘The day,’ (said he), ‘is of the medium length, and the star is in Nido ;—you may thus exactly determine mid-spring. The people are dispersed (in the fields), and birds and beasts breed and copulate.’ He further commanded the third brother Hsi to reside at Nan-#ido*, (in what was called the Brilliant Capital), to adjust and arrange the transformations of the summer, and respectfully to observe the exact limit (of the shadow). ‘The day,’ (said he), ‘is at its longest, and the star is in Hwo ;—you may thus exactly determine mid-summer. The people are more dispersed ; and birds and beasts have their feathers and hair thin, and change their coats.’ He separately commanded the second brother Ho to reside at the west, in what was called the Dark Valley, and (there) respectfully to convoy the setting sun, and to adjust and arrange the completing labours of the autumn. ‘The night,’ (said he), ‘is of the medium length, and the star is in Hsii ;—you may thus exactly determine mid-autumn. The people feel at ease, and birds and beasts have their coats in good condition.’ He further commanded. the third brother Ho to 1 Yi-f is by some identified with Tang-A4u, in Shan-tung, lat. 37° 48’, long. 121° 4’; by others, it is sought in Corea. 3 Nan-4ido was south, it is said, on the border of An-nan or Cochin-China, The characters for ‘in what was called the Brilliant Capital’ are supposed to have dropt out of the text. [1] D 34 THE SHO KING. PART I.
237° 48’, long. 121° 4’; by others, it is sought in Corea. 3 Nan-4ido was south, it is said, on the border of An-nan or Cochin-China, The characters for ‘in what was called the Brilliant Capital’ are supposed to have dropt out of the text. [1] D 34 THE SHO KING. PART I. reside in the northern region, in what was called the Sombre Capital, and (there) to adjust and examine the changes of the winter. ‘The day,’ (said he), ‘is at its shortest, and the star is in Mao ;—you may thus exactly determine mid-winter. The people keep in their houses, and the coats of birds and beasts are downy and thick.’ The Tt said, ‘Ah! you, Hsis and Hos, a round year consists of three hundred, sixty, and six days. Do you, by means of the intercalary month, fix the four seasons, and complete (the period of) the year. (Thereafter), the various officers being regulated in accordance with this, all the works (of the year) will be fully performed.’ 3. The Tt said, ‘Who will search out (for me) a man according to the times, whom I can raise and employ?’ Fang-&Ai said, ‘(Your) heir-son AQ! is highly intelligent.’ The Ti said, ‘ Alas! he is insincere and quarrelsome :—can he do ?’ The Tt said, ‘Who will search out (for me) a man equal to the exigency of my affairs?’ Hwan-tau? said, ‘Oh! the merits of the Minister of Works have just been displayed on a wide scale.’ The Tt said, ‘Alas! when-all is quiet, he talks; but when employed, his actions turn out differently. He is respectful (only) in appearance. See! the floods assail the heavens!’ The Ti said, ‘Ho! (President of) the Four 1 In Part II, iv, 2, Yui speaks of this son of Yo as ‘the haughty Ka of Tan,’ Tan probably being the name of a state, over which, according to tradition, he had been appointed. 2 Hwan-t4u and the Minister of Works, whom he recommends, appear in the next Book as great criminals. CHAP. 3. THE CANON OF YAO. 35 Mountains}, destructive in their overflow are the waters of the inundation. In their vast extent they embrace the hills and overtop the great heights, threatening the heavens with their floods, so that the lower people groan and murmur! Is there a capable man to whom I can assign the correction (of this calamity)?’ All (in the court) said, ‘Ah! is there not Khwan??’ The Tt said, ‘Alas! how perverse is he! He is disobedient to orders, and tries to injure his peers.’ (The President of) the Mountains said, ‘Well but—. Try if he can (accomplish the work).’ (Khw&n) was employed accordingly. The Ti said (to him), ‘Go; and be reverent!’ For nine years he laboured, but the work was unaccomplished.
3He is disobedient to orders, and tries to injure his peers.’ (The President of) the Mountains said, ‘Well but—. Try if he can (accomplish the work).’ (Khw&n) was employed accordingly. The Ti said (to him), ‘Go; and be reverent!’ For nine years he laboured, but the work was unaccomplished. The Tt said, ‘ Ho! (President of) the Four Mountains, I have been on the throne seventy years. You can carry out my commands ;—I will resign my place to you.’ The Chief said, ‘I have not the virtue ;— I should disgrace your place.’ (The Ti) said, ‘Show me some one among the illustrious, or set forth one from among the poor and mean.’ All (then) said to the Ti, ‘ There is an unmarried man among the lower people, called Shun of Yii*%’ The Tt 1 (President of) the Four Mountains, or simply Four Mountains, appears to have been the title of the chief minister of Y4o. The four mountains were—mount Thfi in the east; Hw4 in the west, in Shan-hst; Hang in the south, in Hf-nan; and Hing in the north, in Xih-li. These, probably, were the limits of the country, so far as known, and all within these points were the care of the chief minister. * Khwan is believed to have been the father of Yi, who afterwards coped successfully with the inundation. We are told that he was earl of Xhung, corresponding to the present district of HA, in Shen-hsf. * See on the title of next Book. D2 36 THE SHO KING. PART I. said, ‘Yes, I have heard of him. What have you to say about him?’ The Chief said, ‘ He is the son of a blind man. His father was obstinately unprincipled; his (step-)mother was insincere; his (half-) brother Hsiang was arrogant. He has been able, (however), by his filial piety to live in harmony with them, and to lead them gradually to self-government, so that they (no longer) proceed to great wickedness. The Tt said, ‘I will try him; I will wive him, and thereby see his behaviour with my two daughters.’ (Accordingly) he arranged and sent down his two daughters to the north of the Kwei?, to be wives in (the family of) Yi. The Tt said to them, ‘ Be reverent!’ 1 The Kwei is a small stream in Shan-hsf, which flows into the Ho. PART II. THE. BOOKS OF YU. Book I. THe Canon or Suun.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
No commentary for this page.