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《雨无正 - Yu Wu Zheng》 | English translation: James Legge [?] | Books referencing 《雨无正》 Library Resources |
| 1 | 雨无正: |
浩浩昊天、不骏其德。 降丧饥馑、斩伐四国。 昊天疾威、弗虑弗图。 舍彼有罪、既伏其辜。 若此无罪、沦胥以铺。 |
| Yu Wu Zheng: |
Great and wide Heaven, How is it you have contracted your kindness, Sending down death and famine, Destroying all through the kingdom? Compassionate Heaven, arrayed in terrors, How is it you exercise no forethought, no care? Let alone the criminals: They have suffered for their offences; But those who have no crime, Are indiscriminately involved in ruin. | |
| 2 | 雨无正: |
周宗既灭、靡所止戾。 正大夫离居、莫知我勩。 三事大夫、莫肯夙夜。 邦君诸侯、莫肯朝夕。 庶曰式臧、覆出为恶。 |
| Yu Wu Zheng: |
The honoured House of Zhou is [nearly] extinguished, And there is no means of stopping or settling [the troubles]. The Heads of the officers have left their places, And no one knows my toil. The three high ministers, and [other] great officers, Are unwilling [to attend to their duties] early and late. The lords of the various States, Are unwilling [to appear at court] morning and evening. If indeed he would turn to good, - But on the contrary he proceeds to [greater] evil. | |
| 3 | 雨无正: |
如何昊天。 辟言不信。 如彼行迈、则靡所臻。 凡百君子、各敬尔身。 胡不相畏、不畏于天。 |
| Yu Wu Zheng: |
How is it, O great Heaven, That he will not hearken to the justest words? He is like a man going [astray], [Who knows] not where he will proceed to. All ye officers, Let each of you reverently attend to his duties. How do ye not stand in awe of one another? Ye do not stand in awe of Heaven. | |
| 4 | 雨无正: |
戎成不退、饥成不遂。 曾我暬御、憯憯日瘁。 凡百君子、莫肯用讯。 听言则答、谮言则退。 |
| Yu Wu Zheng: |
War has done its work, but he withdraws not [from evil]; Famine has done its work, but he goes not on [to good]; So that I, a [mere] groom of the chambers, Am full of grief and in pain daily. All ye officers, Ye are unwilling to declare [the truth to him]. When you hear a question, you [simply] answer it, And when slander touches you, you withdraw. | |
| 5 | 雨无正: |
哀哉不能言、匪舌是出、维躬是瘁。 哿矣能言、巧言如流、俾躬处休。 |
| Yu Wu Zheng: |
Alas that [right words] cannot be spoken, Which come not from the tongue [only]! The speakers of them are sure to suffer. Well is it for the words that can be spoken! The artful speech flows like a stream, And the speakers dwell at ease in prosperity. | |
| 6 | 雨无正: |
维曰于仕、孔棘且殆。 云不可使、得罪于天子。 亦云可使、怨及朋友。 |
| Yu Wu Zheng: |
It may be said about taking office, That it is full of hazard and peril. By [advice] that he says cannot be followed, You offend against the Son of Heaven. By advice that he says will be followed, You excite the resentment of your friends. | |
| 7 | 雨无正: |
谓尔迁于王都、曰予未有室家。 鼠思泣血、无言不疾。 昔尔出居、谁从作尔室。 |
| Yu Wu Zheng: |
I say to you, ' Remove to the royal capital, ' And ye say that you have not got houses there. Painful are my inmost thoughts, and I weep blood; - Every word I speak makes me hated; But when you formerly left to reside elsewhere, Who was it that made houses for you? |
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