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1O Shih, the Grand-Protector, if you can but reverently survey with me the decay and great disorders of Yin, and thence consider the 1 Asa token of the goodness of the government and the general prosperity. See Part II, iv, ch. 3. [1] P 210 THE SHO KING. PART V. dread majesty of Heaven (which warns) us!—Am I not to be believed that I must reiterate my words? I simply say, “ The establishment (of our dynasty) rests with us two.” Do you agree with me? Then you (also) will say, “It rests with us two.” And the favour of Heaven has come to us so largely :— it should be ours to feel as if we could not sufficiently respond to it. If you can but reverently cultivate your virtue (now), and bring to light our men of eminent ability, then when you resign (your position) to some successor in a time of established security, (I will interpose no objection.) ‘Oh! it is by the earnest service of us two that we have come to the prosperity of the present day. We must both go on, abjuring all idleness, to complete the work of king Wan, till it has grandly overspread the kingdom, and from the corners of the sea, and the sunrising, there shall not be one who is disobedient to the rule (of K4u).’ The duke said, ‘O prince, have I not spoken in accordance with reason in these many declarations ? I am only influenced by anxiety about (the appointment of) Heaven, and about the people.’ The duke said, ‘Oh! you know, O prince, the ways of the people, how at the beginning they can be (all we could desire); but it is the end (that is to be thought of). Act in careful accordance with this fact. Go and reverently exercise the duties of your office.’ BOOK XVII. THE CHARGE TO KUNG OF 38HAI. 211 Book XVII. Tue Cuarce to Kune or 3HAI. Sud was the name of the small state or territory, which had been conferred on Tf, the next younger brother of the duke of Kau. The name still remains in the district of Shang-zhai, department ZQ-ning, Ho-nan. Tf was deprived of his state because of his complicity in the rebellion of WA-44ng; but it was subsequently restored to his son H@ by this charge. H4 is here called Kung, that term simply denoting his place in the roll of his brothers or cousins. King AA&’ng and Hf were cousins,—‘ brothers’ according to Chinese usage of terms, and Hf being the younger of the two, was called 3h4i Aung, ‘ the second or younger brother,—of 3hii.’ The Book consists of two chapters. The former is of the nature of a preface, giving the details necessary to explain the appointment of Hf. The second contains the king’s charge, delivered in his name by the duke of X4u, directing HQ how to conduct himself, so that he might blot out the memory of his father’s misdeeds, and win the praise of the king.
2The second contains the king’s charge, delivered in his name by the duke of X4u, directing HQ how to conduct himself, so that he might blot out the memory of his father’s misdeeds, and win the praise of the king. 1. When the duke of Adu was in the place of prime minister and directed all the officers, the (king’s) uncles spread abroad an (evil) report, in consequence of which (the duke) put to death the prince of Kwan in Shang!; confined the prince of 3hai in Kwo-lin?, with an attendance of seven chariots; and reduced the prince of Hwo* to be a private man, causing his name to be erased from the registers for three years. The son of the prince 1 The prince of Kwan—corresponding to the present KAang X4u, department Khai-fang, Ho-nan—was the third of the sons of king Wn, and older than the duke of Xéu. The Shang where he was put to death was probably what had been the capital of the Shang kings. ? We do not know where Kwo-lin was. ® The name of Hwo remains in Hwo Kau, department Phingyang, Shan-hsf. The prince of Hwo was the eighth of Wan’s sons. P 2 212, THE SHO KING. PART V. of 3h4i having displayed a reverent virtue, the duke of Kau made him a high minister, and when his father died, requested a decree from the king, investing him with the country of 3hai. 2. ‘The king speaks to this effect :—“ My little child, Hd, you follow the virtue (of our ancestors), and have changed from the conduct (of your father); you are able to take heed to your ways ;—I therefore appoint you to be a marquis in the east. Go to your fief, and be reverent! “In order that you may cover the faults of your father, be loyal, be filial'. Urge on your steps in your own way, diligent and never idle, and so shall you hand down an example to your descendants. Follow the constant lessons of your grandfather king WAn, and be not, like your father, disobedient to the royal orders. “Great Heaven has no partial affections;—it helps only the virtuous.* The people’s hearts have no unchanging attachment;—they cherish only the kind. Acts of goodness are different, but they contribute in common to good order. Acts of evil are different, but they contribute in common to disorder. Be cautious | “In giving heed to the beginning think of the end ;—the end will then be without distress. If you do not think of the end, it will be full of distress, even of the greatest. “Exert yourself to achieve your proper merit. Seek to be in harmony with all your neighbours. 1 Hf’s father had not been filial. When he is told to be filial, there underlies the words the idea of the solidarity of the family. His copying the example of his grandfather would be the best service he could render to his father. a ——_*. BOOK XVIII. THE NUMEROUS REGIONS. 213 Be a fence to the royal House. Live in amity with your brethren. Tranquillize and help the lower people.
3His copying the example of his grandfather would be the best service he could render to his father. a ——_*. BOOK XVIII. THE NUMEROUS REGIONS. 213 Be a fence to the royal House. Live in amity with your brethren. Tranquillize and help the lower people. “Follow the course of the Mean, and do not by aiming to be intelligent throw old statutes into confusion. Watch over what you see and hear, and do not for one-sided words deviate from the right rule. Then I, the One man, will praise you.” ‘The king says, “Oh! my little child, Hd, go, and do not idly throw away my charge.”’ Book XVIII. Tue Numerous REcions. Tue king has returned to his capital in triumph, having put down rebellion in the east, and specially extinguished the state or tribe of Yen. The third chapter of Book xiv contained a reference to an expedition against Yen. Critics are divided on the point of whether the expedition mentioned in this Book was the same as that, or another; and our sources of information are not sufficient to enable us to pronounce positively in the case. If we may credit what Mencius says, the Records of the Shi do not tell us a tithe of the wars carried on by the duke of Au to establish the new dynasty :—‘He smote Yen, and after three years put its ruler to death. He drove Fei-lien to a corner by the sea, and slew him. The states which he extinguished amounted to fifty’ (Mencius, ITI, ii, ch. 9g). . However this point be settled, on the occasion when the announcement in this Book was delivered, a great assembly of princes and nobles—the old officers of Yin or Shang, and chiefs from many regions—was met together. They are all supposed to have been secretly, if not openly, in sympathy with the rebellion which has been trampled out, and to grudge to yield submission to the rule of Kau. The king, by the duke of Xu, reasons and expostulates with them. He insists on the leniency with which they had been treated in the past; and whereas they might be saying that K4u’s overthrow of the Yin dynasty was a usurpation, he shows that it was from the will of Heaven. 214 THE SHO KING. PART V. The history of the nation is then reviewed, and it is made to appear that king W& had displaced the kings of Yin or Shang, just as Thang, the founder of the Shang dynasty, had displaced those of Hsia. It was their duty therefore to submit to K4u. If they did not avail themselves of its leniency, they should be dealt with in another way. Having thus spoken, the duke turns, in the fourth of the five chapters into which I have divided the Book, and addresses the many officers of the states, and especially those of Yin, who had been removed to Lo, speaking to them, as ‘the Numerous Officers,’ after the style of Book xiv. Finally, he admonishes them all that it is time to begin a new course. If they do well, it will be well with them; if they continue perverse, they will have to blame themselves for the consequences.
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.
1O Shih, the Grand-Protector, if you can but reverently survey with me the decay and great disorders of Yin, and thence consider the 1 Asa token of the goodness of the government and the general prosperity. See Part II, iv, ch. 3. [1] P 210 THE SHO KING. PART V. dread majesty of Heaven (which warns) us!—Am I not to be believed that I must reiterate my words? I simply say, “ The establishment (of our dynasty) rests with us two.” Do you agree with me? Then you (also) will say, “It rests with us two.” And the favour of Heaven has come to us so largely :— it should be ours to feel as if we could not sufficiently respond to it. If you can but reverently cultivate your virtue (now), and bring to light our men of eminent ability, then when you resign (your position) to some successor in a time of established security, (I will interpose no objection.) ‘Oh! it is by the earnest service of us two that we have come to the prosperity of the present day. We must both go on, abjuring all idleness, to complete the work of king Wan, till it has grandly overspread the kingdom, and from the corners of the sea, and the sunrising, there shall not be one who is disobedient to the rule (of K4u).’ The duke said, ‘O prince, have I not spoken in accordance with reason in these many declarations ? I am only influenced by anxiety about (the appointment of) Heaven, and about the people.’ The duke said, ‘Oh! you know, O prince, the ways of the people, how at the beginning they can be (all we could desire); but it is the end (that is to be thought of). Act in careful accordance with this fact. Go and reverently exercise the duties of your office.’ BOOK XVII. THE CHARGE TO KUNG OF 38HAI. 211 Book XVII. Tue Cuarce to Kune or 3HAI. Sud was the name of the small state or territory, which had been conferred on Tf, the next younger brother of the duke of Kau. The name still remains in the district of Shang-zhai, department ZQ-ning, Ho-nan. Tf was deprived of his state because of his complicity in the rebellion of WA-44ng; but it was subsequently restored to his son H@ by this charge. H4 is here called Kung, that term simply denoting his place in the roll of his brothers or cousins. King AA&’ng and Hf were cousins,—‘ brothers’ according to Chinese usage of terms, and Hf being the younger of the two, was called 3h4i Aung, ‘ the second or younger brother,—of 3hii.’ The Book consists of two chapters. The former is of the nature of a preface, giving the details necessary to explain the appointment of Hf. The second contains the king’s charge, delivered in his name by the duke of X4u, directing HQ how to conduct himself, so that he might blot out the memory of his father’s misdeeds, and win the praise of the king.
2The second contains the king’s charge, delivered in his name by the duke of X4u, directing HQ how to conduct himself, so that he might blot out the memory of his father’s misdeeds, and win the praise of the king. 1. When the duke of Adu was in the place of prime minister and directed all the officers, the (king’s) uncles spread abroad an (evil) report, in consequence of which (the duke) put to death the prince of Kwan in Shang!; confined the prince of 3hai in Kwo-lin?, with an attendance of seven chariots; and reduced the prince of Hwo* to be a private man, causing his name to be erased from the registers for three years. The son of the prince 1 The prince of Kwan—corresponding to the present KAang X4u, department Khai-fang, Ho-nan—was the third of the sons of king Wn, and older than the duke of Xéu. The Shang where he was put to death was probably what had been the capital of the Shang kings. ? We do not know where Kwo-lin was. ® The name of Hwo remains in Hwo Kau, department Phingyang, Shan-hsf. The prince of Hwo was the eighth of Wan’s sons. P 2 212, THE SHO KING. PART V. of 3h4i having displayed a reverent virtue, the duke of Kau made him a high minister, and when his father died, requested a decree from the king, investing him with the country of 3hai. 2. ‘The king speaks to this effect :—“ My little child, Hd, you follow the virtue (of our ancestors), and have changed from the conduct (of your father); you are able to take heed to your ways ;—I therefore appoint you to be a marquis in the east. Go to your fief, and be reverent! “In order that you may cover the faults of your father, be loyal, be filial'. Urge on your steps in your own way, diligent and never idle, and so shall you hand down an example to your descendants. Follow the constant lessons of your grandfather king WAn, and be not, like your father, disobedient to the royal orders. “Great Heaven has no partial affections;—it helps only the virtuous.* The people’s hearts have no unchanging attachment;—they cherish only the kind. Acts of goodness are different, but they contribute in common to good order. Acts of evil are different, but they contribute in common to disorder. Be cautious | “In giving heed to the beginning think of the end ;—the end will then be without distress. If you do not think of the end, it will be full of distress, even of the greatest. “Exert yourself to achieve your proper merit. Seek to be in harmony with all your neighbours. 1 Hf’s father had not been filial. When he is told to be filial, there underlies the words the idea of the solidarity of the family. His copying the example of his grandfather would be the best service he could render to his father. a ——_*. BOOK XVIII. THE NUMEROUS REGIONS. 213 Be a fence to the royal House. Live in amity with your brethren. Tranquillize and help the lower people.
3His copying the example of his grandfather would be the best service he could render to his father. a ——_*. BOOK XVIII. THE NUMEROUS REGIONS. 213 Be a fence to the royal House. Live in amity with your brethren. Tranquillize and help the lower people. “Follow the course of the Mean, and do not by aiming to be intelligent throw old statutes into confusion. Watch over what you see and hear, and do not for one-sided words deviate from the right rule. Then I, the One man, will praise you.” ‘The king says, “Oh! my little child, Hd, go, and do not idly throw away my charge.”’ Book XVIII. Tue Numerous REcions. Tue king has returned to his capital in triumph, having put down rebellion in the east, and specially extinguished the state or tribe of Yen. The third chapter of Book xiv contained a reference to an expedition against Yen. Critics are divided on the point of whether the expedition mentioned in this Book was the same as that, or another; and our sources of information are not sufficient to enable us to pronounce positively in the case. If we may credit what Mencius says, the Records of the Shi do not tell us a tithe of the wars carried on by the duke of Au to establish the new dynasty :—‘He smote Yen, and after three years put its ruler to death. He drove Fei-lien to a corner by the sea, and slew him. The states which he extinguished amounted to fifty’ (Mencius, ITI, ii, ch. 9g). . However this point be settled, on the occasion when the announcement in this Book was delivered, a great assembly of princes and nobles—the old officers of Yin or Shang, and chiefs from many regions—was met together. They are all supposed to have been secretly, if not openly, in sympathy with the rebellion which has been trampled out, and to grudge to yield submission to the rule of Kau. The king, by the duke of Xu, reasons and expostulates with them. He insists on the leniency with which they had been treated in the past; and whereas they might be saying that K4u’s overthrow of the Yin dynasty was a usurpation, he shows that it was from the will of Heaven. 214 THE SHO KING. PART V. The history of the nation is then reviewed, and it is made to appear that king W& had displaced the kings of Yin or Shang, just as Thang, the founder of the Shang dynasty, had displaced those of Hsia. It was their duty therefore to submit to K4u. If they did not avail themselves of its leniency, they should be dealt with in another way. Having thus spoken, the duke turns, in the fourth of the five chapters into which I have divided the Book, and addresses the many officers of the states, and especially those of Yin, who had been removed to Lo, speaking to them, as ‘the Numerous Officers,’ after the style of Book xiv. Finally, he admonishes them all that it is time to begin a new course. If they do well, it will be well with them; if they continue perverse, they will have to blame themselves for the consequences.
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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