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Ancient Classics -> Shang Shu -> Yu Shu -> Canon of Shun -> 2

(Shun) carefully set forth the beauty of the five cardinal duties,
and they came to be (universally) observed.
Being appointed to be General Regulator,
the affairs of every (official) department were arranged in their proper seasons.
(Being charged) to receive (the princes) from the four quarters of the land,
they were all docilely submissive.
Being sent to the great plains at the foot of the mountains,
notwithstanding the tempests of wind, thunder, and rain, he did not go astray.
The Di said,
'Come,
you Shun.
I have consulted you on (all) affairs, and examined your words,
and found that they can be carried into practice
- (now) for three years.
。」 Do you ascend the seat of the Di.'
Shun wished to decline in favour of some one more virtuous,
and not to consent to be (Yao's) successor.
On the first day of the first month, (however),
he received (Yao's) retirement (from his duties) in the temple of the Accomplished Ancestor.


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