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1a 21 BOOK XIV. THE NUMEROUS OFFICERS. 197 strengthen its misrule. It (therefore) helped us ;— did we dare to seek the throne of ourselves? God was not for (Yin), as appeared from the mind and conduct of our inferior people, in which there is the brilliant dreadfulness of Heaven.” ’ * 2. ‘I have heard the saying, “ God leads men to tranquil security,” * but the sovereign of Hsi4 would not move to such security, whereupon God sent down corrections, indicating his mind to him. (ieh), however, would not be warned by God, but proceeded to greater dissoluteness and sloth and excuses for himself. Then Heaven no longer regarded nor heard him, but disallowed his great appointment, and inflicted extreme punishment. Then it charged your founder, Thang the Successful, to set Hsia aside, and by means of able men to rule the kingdom. From Thang the Successful down to Ti-yi, every sovereign sought to make his virtue illustrious, and duly attended to the sacrifices.* And thus it was that, while Heaven exerted a great establishing influence, preserving and regulating the House of Yin, its sovereigns on their part were humbly careful not to lose (the favour of) God, and strove to manifest a good-doing corresponding to that of Heaven.* But in these times, their successor showed himself greatly ignorant of (the ways of) Heaven, and much less could it be expected of him that he would be regardful of the earnest labours of his fathers for the country. Greatly abandoned to dissolute idleness, he gave no thought to the bright principles of Heaven, and the awfulness of the people.* On this account God no longer protected him, but sent down the great ruin which we have witnessed. Heaven was not with him, because he 198 THE SHO KING. PART VY. did not make his virtue illustrious.* (Indeed), with regard to the overthrow of all states, great and small, throughout the four quarters of the kingdom, in every case reasons can be given for their punishment.’ ‘The king speaks to this effect :—“ Ye numerous officers of Yin, the case now is this, that the kings of our Ku, from their great goodness, were charged with the work of God. There was the charge to them, ‘Cut off Yin.’ (They proceeded to perform it), and announced the execution of their service to God. In our affairs we have followed no double aims ;—ye of the royal House (of Yin) must (now simply) follow us.”’ * 3. ‘“ May I not say that you have been very lawless? I did not (want to) remove you. The thing came from your own city. When I consider also how Heaven has drawn near to Yin with so great tribulations, it must be that there was (there) what was not right.”
2‘“ May I not say that you have been very lawless? I did not (want to) remove you. The thing came from your own city. When I consider also how Heaven has drawn near to Yin with so great tribulations, it must be that there was (there) what was not right.” ‘The king says, ‘“‘ Ho! I declare to you, ye numerous officers, it is simply on account of these things that I have removed you and settled you here in the west * ;—it was not that I, the One man, considered it a part of my virtue to interfere with your tranquillity. The thing was from Heaven; do not offer resistance; I shall not presume to have any subsequent (charge concerning you); do not murmur against me. Ye know that your fathers of the Yin dynasty had their archives and statutes, (showing 1 That is, your conduct in your own city. * Lo is often called ‘the eastern capital,’ as being east from Ho, the capital of king WQ; but it was west from X@o-ko, the capital of Yin. BOOK XIV. THE NUMEROUS OFFICERS. I99 how) Yin superseded the appointment of Hsia. Now, indeed, ye say further, ‘(The officers of) Hsia were chosen and employed in the royal court (of Shang), and had their duties among the mass of its officers.’ (But) I, the One man, listen only to the virtuous, and employ them; and it was with this view that I ventured to seek you in your capital of Shang (once sanctioned by) Heaven, (and removed you here to Lo.) I thereby follow (the ancient example), and have pity on you. (Your present non-employment) is no fault of mine ;—it is by the decree of Heaven.” * ‘The king says, “ Ye numerous officers, formerly, when I came from Yen’, I greatly mitigated the penalty and spared the lives of the people of your four states*. At the same time I made evident the punishment appointed by Heaven, and removed you to this distant abode, that you might be near the ministers who had served in our honoured (capital)*, and (learn) their much obedience.” ‘The king says, “I declare to you, ye numerous officers of Yin, now I have not put you to death, and therefore I reiterate the declaration of my charge‘. I have now built this great city here in 1 Yen was the name of a territory, corresponding to the present district of AAti-fau, in Shan-tung. The wild tribe inhabiting it, had joined with Wa-k4ng and the king’s uncles a few years before ; and the crushing of the Yen had been the last act in the suppression of their rebellion. 2 The royal domain of Yin, which had been allotted to WA-king and the king’s three uncles. 8 Hao. There were, no doubt, at this time many ministers and officers from H&o in Lo; but the duke had intended that they should in the mass remove from the old to the new capital. ‘ The charge which had been delivered on the first removal of many of them to the neighbourhood of Lo. 200 THE SHO KING. PART VY.
3‘ The charge which had been delivered on the first removal of many of them to the neighbourhood of Lo. 200 THE SHO KING. PART VY. Lo, considering that there was no (central) place in which to receive my guests from the four quarters, and also that you, ye numerous officers, might here with zealous activity perform the part of ministers to us, with the entire obedience (ye would learn). Ye have still here, I may say, your grounds, and may still rest in your duties and dwellings. If you can reverently obey, Heaven will favour and compassionate you. If you do not reverently obey, you shall not only not have your lands, but I will also carry to the utmost Heaven’s inflictions on your persons. Now you may here dwell in your villages, and perpetuate your families; you may pursue your occupations and enjoy your years in this Lo; your children also will prosper ;—(all) from your being removed here.” ‘The king says—1; and again he says, “ Whatever I may now have spoken is on account of (my anxiety about) your residence here.”’ Book XV. AGatnst Luxurious Ease. Tue name of this Book is taken from two characters in the first sentence of it, which are the key-note of the whole. It is classified among the ‘Instructions’ of the Sh, and was addressed to king Khang by the duke of 4u soon after he had resigned the administration of the government into his hands. There are six pauses in the course of the address, which is resumed always with ‘The duke of A4u said, “ “Oh. "* This suggests a division into seven chapters. In the first, the duke suggests to the king to find a rule for himself in the laborious toils that devolve on the husbandman. In the second, he refers to the long reigns of three of the Yin sovereigns, 1 There are probably some sentences lost here. BOOK Xv. AGAINST LUXURIOUS EASE. 201 and the short reigns of others, as illustrating how the blessing of Heaven rests on the diligent monarch. In the third, the example of their own kings, Thai, A7, and Wan, is adduced with the same object. In the fourth, the duke addresses the king directly, and exhorts him to follow the pattern of king W&n, and flee from that of Xau-hsin. In the fifth, he stimulates him, by reference to ancient precedents, to adopt his counsels, and shows the evil effects that will follow if he refuse to do so. In the sixth, he shows him, by the cases of the good kings of Yin and of king Wan, how he should have regard to the opinions of the common | people, and gird himself to diligence. The seventh chapter is a single admonition that the king should lay what had been said to heart.
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.
1a 21 BOOK XIV. THE NUMEROUS OFFICERS. 197 strengthen its misrule. It (therefore) helped us ;— did we dare to seek the throne of ourselves? God was not for (Yin), as appeared from the mind and conduct of our inferior people, in which there is the brilliant dreadfulness of Heaven.” ’ * 2. ‘I have heard the saying, “ God leads men to tranquil security,” * but the sovereign of Hsi4 would not move to such security, whereupon God sent down corrections, indicating his mind to him. (ieh), however, would not be warned by God, but proceeded to greater dissoluteness and sloth and excuses for himself. Then Heaven no longer regarded nor heard him, but disallowed his great appointment, and inflicted extreme punishment. Then it charged your founder, Thang the Successful, to set Hsia aside, and by means of able men to rule the kingdom. From Thang the Successful down to Ti-yi, every sovereign sought to make his virtue illustrious, and duly attended to the sacrifices.* And thus it was that, while Heaven exerted a great establishing influence, preserving and regulating the House of Yin, its sovereigns on their part were humbly careful not to lose (the favour of) God, and strove to manifest a good-doing corresponding to that of Heaven.* But in these times, their successor showed himself greatly ignorant of (the ways of) Heaven, and much less could it be expected of him that he would be regardful of the earnest labours of his fathers for the country. Greatly abandoned to dissolute idleness, he gave no thought to the bright principles of Heaven, and the awfulness of the people.* On this account God no longer protected him, but sent down the great ruin which we have witnessed. Heaven was not with him, because he 198 THE SHO KING. PART VY. did not make his virtue illustrious.* (Indeed), with regard to the overthrow of all states, great and small, throughout the four quarters of the kingdom, in every case reasons can be given for their punishment.’ ‘The king speaks to this effect :—“ Ye numerous officers of Yin, the case now is this, that the kings of our Ku, from their great goodness, were charged with the work of God. There was the charge to them, ‘Cut off Yin.’ (They proceeded to perform it), and announced the execution of their service to God. In our affairs we have followed no double aims ;—ye of the royal House (of Yin) must (now simply) follow us.”’ * 3. ‘“ May I not say that you have been very lawless? I did not (want to) remove you. The thing came from your own city. When I consider also how Heaven has drawn near to Yin with so great tribulations, it must be that there was (there) what was not right.”
2‘“ May I not say that you have been very lawless? I did not (want to) remove you. The thing came from your own city. When I consider also how Heaven has drawn near to Yin with so great tribulations, it must be that there was (there) what was not right.” ‘The king says, ‘“‘ Ho! I declare to you, ye numerous officers, it is simply on account of these things that I have removed you and settled you here in the west * ;—it was not that I, the One man, considered it a part of my virtue to interfere with your tranquillity. The thing was from Heaven; do not offer resistance; I shall not presume to have any subsequent (charge concerning you); do not murmur against me. Ye know that your fathers of the Yin dynasty had their archives and statutes, (showing 1 That is, your conduct in your own city. * Lo is often called ‘the eastern capital,’ as being east from Ho, the capital of king WQ; but it was west from X@o-ko, the capital of Yin. BOOK XIV. THE NUMEROUS OFFICERS. I99 how) Yin superseded the appointment of Hsia. Now, indeed, ye say further, ‘(The officers of) Hsia were chosen and employed in the royal court (of Shang), and had their duties among the mass of its officers.’ (But) I, the One man, listen only to the virtuous, and employ them; and it was with this view that I ventured to seek you in your capital of Shang (once sanctioned by) Heaven, (and removed you here to Lo.) I thereby follow (the ancient example), and have pity on you. (Your present non-employment) is no fault of mine ;—it is by the decree of Heaven.” * ‘The king says, “ Ye numerous officers, formerly, when I came from Yen’, I greatly mitigated the penalty and spared the lives of the people of your four states*. At the same time I made evident the punishment appointed by Heaven, and removed you to this distant abode, that you might be near the ministers who had served in our honoured (capital)*, and (learn) their much obedience.” ‘The king says, “I declare to you, ye numerous officers of Yin, now I have not put you to death, and therefore I reiterate the declaration of my charge‘. I have now built this great city here in 1 Yen was the name of a territory, corresponding to the present district of AAti-fau, in Shan-tung. The wild tribe inhabiting it, had joined with Wa-k4ng and the king’s uncles a few years before ; and the crushing of the Yen had been the last act in the suppression of their rebellion. 2 The royal domain of Yin, which had been allotted to WA-king and the king’s three uncles. 8 Hao. There were, no doubt, at this time many ministers and officers from H&o in Lo; but the duke had intended that they should in the mass remove from the old to the new capital. ‘ The charge which had been delivered on the first removal of many of them to the neighbourhood of Lo. 200 THE SHO KING. PART VY.
3‘ The charge which had been delivered on the first removal of many of them to the neighbourhood of Lo. 200 THE SHO KING. PART VY. Lo, considering that there was no (central) place in which to receive my guests from the four quarters, and also that you, ye numerous officers, might here with zealous activity perform the part of ministers to us, with the entire obedience (ye would learn). Ye have still here, I may say, your grounds, and may still rest in your duties and dwellings. If you can reverently obey, Heaven will favour and compassionate you. If you do not reverently obey, you shall not only not have your lands, but I will also carry to the utmost Heaven’s inflictions on your persons. Now you may here dwell in your villages, and perpetuate your families; you may pursue your occupations and enjoy your years in this Lo; your children also will prosper ;—(all) from your being removed here.” ‘The king says—1; and again he says, “ Whatever I may now have spoken is on account of (my anxiety about) your residence here.”’ Book XV. AGatnst Luxurious Ease. Tue name of this Book is taken from two characters in the first sentence of it, which are the key-note of the whole. It is classified among the ‘Instructions’ of the Sh, and was addressed to king Khang by the duke of 4u soon after he had resigned the administration of the government into his hands. There are six pauses in the course of the address, which is resumed always with ‘The duke of A4u said, “ “Oh. "* This suggests a division into seven chapters. In the first, the duke suggests to the king to find a rule for himself in the laborious toils that devolve on the husbandman. In the second, he refers to the long reigns of three of the Yin sovereigns, 1 There are probably some sentences lost here. BOOK Xv. AGAINST LUXURIOUS EASE. 201 and the short reigns of others, as illustrating how the blessing of Heaven rests on the diligent monarch. In the third, the example of their own kings, Thai, A7, and Wan, is adduced with the same object. In the fourth, the duke addresses the king directly, and exhorts him to follow the pattern of king W&n, and flee from that of Xau-hsin. In the fifth, he stimulates him, by reference to ancient precedents, to adopt his counsels, and shows the evil effects that will follow if he refuse to do so. In the sixth, he shows him, by the cases of the good kings of Yin and of king Wan, how he should have regard to the opinions of the common | people, and gird himself to diligence. The seventh chapter is a single admonition that the king should lay what had been said to heart.
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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