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1BOOK XIII. THE ANNOUNCEMENT CONCERNING LO. 189 Many critics make much to do about the want of historical order in the Book, and suppose that portions have been lost, and other portions transposed; but the Book may be explained without resorting to so violent a supposition. {In the third month, when the moon began to wane, the duke of KAu commenced the foundations. and proceeded to build the new great city of Lo of the eastern states. The people from every quarter assembled in great harmony. From the Hau, Tien, Nan, 3hai, and Wei domains, the various officers stimulated this harmony of the people, and introduced them to the business that was to be done for K4u. The duke encouraged all to diligence, and . made a great announcement about the performance (of the works)?.] 1. The duke of A4u did obeisance with his hands to his head and his head to the ground?, saying, ‘Herewith I report (the execution of my commission) to my son, my intelligent sovereign. The king appeared as if he would not presume to be present at Heaven’s founding here the appointment (of our dynasty), and fixing it, whereupon I followed the (Grand-)Guardian, and made a great survey of this eastern region, hoping to found the place where he should become the intelligent sovereign of the people. On the day Yi-m4o, I came in the morning to this capital of Lo. I (first) divined by the shell concerning (the ground about) the Lt-water on the north of the Ho. I then divined concerning the east of the Xien-water, and the west of the Kan, when the (ground near the) Lo was indicated. Again I 1 See the introductory note to Book ix. * In sending his message to the king, the duke does obeisance as if he were in the presence of his majesty. The king responds with a similar ceremony, 190 THE SHO KING. PART VY. divined concerning the east of the Aan-water, when the (ground near the) Lo was also indicated. I (now) send a messenger with a map, and to present the (result of the) divinations.’* 2. The king did obeisance with his hands to his head and his head to the ground, saying, ‘ The duke did not presume not to acknowledge reverently the favour of Heaven, and has surveyed the locality where our A4u may respond to that favour. Having settled the locality, he has sent his messenger to show me the divinations, favourable and always auspicious. We two must together sustain the responsibility. He has made provision for me (and my successors), for myriads and tens of myriads of years, there reverently to acknowledge the favour of Heaven.* With my hands to my head and my head to the ground, (I receive) his instructive words.’
2We two must together sustain the responsibility. He has made provision for me (and my successors), for myriads and tens of myriads of years, there reverently to acknowledge the favour of Heaven.* With my hands to my head and my head to the ground, (I receive) his instructive words.’ 3. The duke of Au said}, ‘Let the king at first employ the ceremonies of Yin, and sacrifice in the new city,* doing everything in an orderly way, but without display. I will marshal all the officers to attend you from ‘4u, merely saying that probably there will be business to be done (in sacrificing). Let the king instantly issue an order to the effect that the most meritorious (ministers) shall have the first place in the sacrifices; and let him also say in an order, ‘“ You, in whose behalf the above order is issued, must give me your assistance with sincere earnestness.” Truly display the record of merits, for 1 We must suppose that the duke of X4u, after receiving the reply to his message, had himself returned to Ho, to urge upon the king the importance of his repairing in person to Lo, and solemnly inaugurating the new city as the capital of the kingdom. BOOK x11. THE ANNOUNCEMENT CONCERNING LO. IQI it is you who must in everything teach the officers. My young son, can you indulge partiality? Eschew it, my young son. -(If you do not), the consequence hereafter will be like a fire, which, a spark at first, blazes up, and by and by cannot be extinguished. Let your observance of the constant rules of right, and your soothing measures be like mine. Take only the officers that are in Aau with you to the new city, and make them there join their (old) associates, with intelligent vigour establishing their merit, and with a generous largeness (of soul) completing (the public manners) ;—~so shall you obtain an endless fame.’ The duke said, ‘Yes, young as you are, be it yours to complete (the work of your predecessors). Cultivate (the spirit of) reverence, and you will know who among the princes (sincerely) present their offerings to you, and who do not. In connexion with those offerings there are many observances. If the observances are not equal to the articles, it must be held that there is no offering. When there is no service of the will in the offerings (of the princes), all the people will then say, “We need not (be troubled about) our offerings,” and affairs will be disturbed by errors and usurpations. ‘Do you, my young son, manifest everywhere my unwearied diligence, and listen to my instructions to you how to help the people to observe the constant rules of right. If you do not bestir yourself in these things, you will not be of long continuance. If you sincerely and fully carry out the course of your Directing father, and follow exactly my example, there will be no venturing to disregard your orders. Go, and. be reverent.. Henceforth I will study 192 THE SHO KING. PART V.
3If you sincerely and fully carry out the course of your Directing father, and follow exactly my example, there will be no venturing to disregard your orders. Go, and. be reverent.. Henceforth I will study 192 THE SHO KING. PART V. husbandry?. There do you generously rule our people, and there is no distance from which they will not come to you.’ 4. The king spoke to this effect?,‘O duke, you are the enlightener and sustainer of my youth. You have set forth the great and illustrious virtues, that I, notwithstanding my youth, may display a brilliant merit like that of Wan and Wa, reverently responding to the favouring decree of Heaven; and harmonize and long preserve the people of all the regions, settling the multitudes (in Lo); and that I may give due honour to the great ceremony (of recording) the most distinguished (for their merits), regulating the order for the first places at the sacrifices, and doing everything in an orderly manner without display. ‘But your virtue, O duke, shines brightly above and beneath, and is displayed actively throughout the four quarters. On every hand appears the deep reverence (of your virtue) in securing the establishment of order, so that you fail in nothing of the earnest lessons of Wan and Wa. It is for me, the youth, (only) to attend reverently, early and late, to the sacrifices.’ * The king said, ‘Great, O duke, has been your merit in helping and guiding me ;—let it ever continue so.’ 1 By this expression the duke indicates his wish and intention _ now to retire from public life, and leave the government and especially the affairs of Lo in the king’s hands. * From the words of the king in this chapter, we receive the impression that they were spoken in Lo. He must have gone there with the duke from Hao. He deprecates the duke’s intention to retire into private life; intimates his own resolution to return to H&o ; and wishes the duke to remain in Lo, accomplishing all that was still necessary to the establishment of their dynasty. BOOK xi1II. THE ANNOUNCEMENT CONCERNING LO. 193 The king said, ‘O duke, let me, the little child, return to my sovereignty in A4u, and I charge you, O duke, to remain behind (here). Order has been initiated throughout the four quarters of the kingdom, but the ceremonies to be honoured (by general observance) have not yet been settled, and I cannot look on your service as completed. Commence on a great scale what is to be done by your remaining here, setting an example to my officers and greatly preserving the people whom Wan and Wd received ; —by your good government you will be a help to the whole kingdom.’
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Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1BOOK XIII. THE ANNOUNCEMENT CONCERNING LO. 189 Many critics make much to do about the want of historical order in the Book, and suppose that portions have been lost, and other portions transposed; but the Book may be explained without resorting to so violent a supposition. {In the third month, when the moon began to wane, the duke of KAu commenced the foundations. and proceeded to build the new great city of Lo of the eastern states. The people from every quarter assembled in great harmony. From the Hau, Tien, Nan, 3hai, and Wei domains, the various officers stimulated this harmony of the people, and introduced them to the business that was to be done for K4u. The duke encouraged all to diligence, and . made a great announcement about the performance (of the works)?.] 1. The duke of A4u did obeisance with his hands to his head and his head to the ground?, saying, ‘Herewith I report (the execution of my commission) to my son, my intelligent sovereign. The king appeared as if he would not presume to be present at Heaven’s founding here the appointment (of our dynasty), and fixing it, whereupon I followed the (Grand-)Guardian, and made a great survey of this eastern region, hoping to found the place where he should become the intelligent sovereign of the people. On the day Yi-m4o, I came in the morning to this capital of Lo. I (first) divined by the shell concerning (the ground about) the Lt-water on the north of the Ho. I then divined concerning the east of the Xien-water, and the west of the Kan, when the (ground near the) Lo was indicated. Again I 1 See the introductory note to Book ix. * In sending his message to the king, the duke does obeisance as if he were in the presence of his majesty. The king responds with a similar ceremony, 190 THE SHO KING. PART VY. divined concerning the east of the Aan-water, when the (ground near the) Lo was also indicated. I (now) send a messenger with a map, and to present the (result of the) divinations.’* 2. The king did obeisance with his hands to his head and his head to the ground, saying, ‘ The duke did not presume not to acknowledge reverently the favour of Heaven, and has surveyed the locality where our A4u may respond to that favour. Having settled the locality, he has sent his messenger to show me the divinations, favourable and always auspicious. We two must together sustain the responsibility. He has made provision for me (and my successors), for myriads and tens of myriads of years, there reverently to acknowledge the favour of Heaven.* With my hands to my head and my head to the ground, (I receive) his instructive words.’
2We two must together sustain the responsibility. He has made provision for me (and my successors), for myriads and tens of myriads of years, there reverently to acknowledge the favour of Heaven.* With my hands to my head and my head to the ground, (I receive) his instructive words.’ 3. The duke of Au said}, ‘Let the king at first employ the ceremonies of Yin, and sacrifice in the new city,* doing everything in an orderly way, but without display. I will marshal all the officers to attend you from ‘4u, merely saying that probably there will be business to be done (in sacrificing). Let the king instantly issue an order to the effect that the most meritorious (ministers) shall have the first place in the sacrifices; and let him also say in an order, ‘“ You, in whose behalf the above order is issued, must give me your assistance with sincere earnestness.” Truly display the record of merits, for 1 We must suppose that the duke of X4u, after receiving the reply to his message, had himself returned to Ho, to urge upon the king the importance of his repairing in person to Lo, and solemnly inaugurating the new city as the capital of the kingdom. BOOK x11. THE ANNOUNCEMENT CONCERNING LO. IQI it is you who must in everything teach the officers. My young son, can you indulge partiality? Eschew it, my young son. -(If you do not), the consequence hereafter will be like a fire, which, a spark at first, blazes up, and by and by cannot be extinguished. Let your observance of the constant rules of right, and your soothing measures be like mine. Take only the officers that are in Aau with you to the new city, and make them there join their (old) associates, with intelligent vigour establishing their merit, and with a generous largeness (of soul) completing (the public manners) ;—~so shall you obtain an endless fame.’ The duke said, ‘Yes, young as you are, be it yours to complete (the work of your predecessors). Cultivate (the spirit of) reverence, and you will know who among the princes (sincerely) present their offerings to you, and who do not. In connexion with those offerings there are many observances. If the observances are not equal to the articles, it must be held that there is no offering. When there is no service of the will in the offerings (of the princes), all the people will then say, “We need not (be troubled about) our offerings,” and affairs will be disturbed by errors and usurpations. ‘Do you, my young son, manifest everywhere my unwearied diligence, and listen to my instructions to you how to help the people to observe the constant rules of right. If you do not bestir yourself in these things, you will not be of long continuance. If you sincerely and fully carry out the course of your Directing father, and follow exactly my example, there will be no venturing to disregard your orders. Go, and. be reverent.. Henceforth I will study 192 THE SHO KING. PART V.
3If you sincerely and fully carry out the course of your Directing father, and follow exactly my example, there will be no venturing to disregard your orders. Go, and. be reverent.. Henceforth I will study 192 THE SHO KING. PART V. husbandry?. There do you generously rule our people, and there is no distance from which they will not come to you.’ 4. The king spoke to this effect?,‘O duke, you are the enlightener and sustainer of my youth. You have set forth the great and illustrious virtues, that I, notwithstanding my youth, may display a brilliant merit like that of Wan and Wa, reverently responding to the favouring decree of Heaven; and harmonize and long preserve the people of all the regions, settling the multitudes (in Lo); and that I may give due honour to the great ceremony (of recording) the most distinguished (for their merits), regulating the order for the first places at the sacrifices, and doing everything in an orderly manner without display. ‘But your virtue, O duke, shines brightly above and beneath, and is displayed actively throughout the four quarters. On every hand appears the deep reverence (of your virtue) in securing the establishment of order, so that you fail in nothing of the earnest lessons of Wan and Wa. It is for me, the youth, (only) to attend reverently, early and late, to the sacrifices.’ * The king said, ‘Great, O duke, has been your merit in helping and guiding me ;—let it ever continue so.’ 1 By this expression the duke indicates his wish and intention _ now to retire from public life, and leave the government and especially the affairs of Lo in the king’s hands. * From the words of the king in this chapter, we receive the impression that they were spoken in Lo. He must have gone there with the duke from Hao. He deprecates the duke’s intention to retire into private life; intimates his own resolution to return to H&o ; and wishes the duke to remain in Lo, accomplishing all that was still necessary to the establishment of their dynasty. BOOK xi1II. THE ANNOUNCEMENT CONCERNING LO. 193 The king said, ‘O duke, let me, the little child, return to my sovereignty in A4u, and I charge you, O duke, to remain behind (here). Order has been initiated throughout the four quarters of the kingdom, but the ceremonies to be honoured (by general observance) have not yet been settled, and I cannot look on your service as completed. Commence on a great scale what is to be done by your remaining here, setting an example to my officers and greatly preserving the people whom Wan and Wd received ; —by your good government you will be a help to the whole kingdom.’
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.
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