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道家 -> 莊子 -> 外篇 -> 天地 -> 6

堯觀乎華。Yao was looking about him at Hua,
華封人曰： the border-warden of which said,
「嘻！ 'Ha!
聖人！the sage!
請祝聖人： Let me ask blessings on the sage!
使聖人壽。」 May he live long!'
堯曰：「辭。」Yao said, 'Hush!'
「使聖人富」。but the other went on, 'May the sage become rich!'
堯曰：「辭。」Yao (again) said, 'Hush!'
「使聖人多男子」。but (the warden) continued, 'May the sage have many sons!'
堯曰：「辭。」 When Yao repeated his 'Hush,'
封人曰： the warden said,
「壽、富、多男子，'Long life, riches, and many sons
人之所欲也。 are what men wish for
女獨不欲，何邪？」- how is it that you alone do not wish for them?'
堯曰： Yao replied,
「多男子則多懼， 'Many sons bring many fears;
富則多事， riches bring many troubles;
壽則多辱。 and long life gives rise to many obloquies.
是三者，These three things
非所以養德也， do not help to nourish virtue;
故辭。」 and therefore I wish to decline them.'
封人曰： The warden rejoined,
「始也我以女為聖人邪， 'At first I considered you to be a sage;
今然君子也。 now I see in you only a Superior man.
天生萬民，Heaven, in producing the myriads of the people,
必授之職， is sure to have appointed for them their several offices.
多男子而授之職，If you had many sons, and gave them (all their) offices,
則何懼之有！ what would you have to fear?
富而使人分之，則何事之有！If you had riches, and made other men share them with you, what trouble would you have?
夫聖人鶉居而鷇食，The sage finds his dwelling like the quail (without any choice of its own), and is fed like the fledgling;
鳥行而無彰；he is like the bird which passes on (through the air), and leaves no trace (of its flight).
天下有道則與物皆昌，When good order prevails in the world, he shares in the general prosperity.
天下無道則修德就閒；When there is no such order, he cultivates his virtue, and seeks to be unoccupied.
千歲厭世，After a thousand years, tired of the world,
去而上僊，he leaves it, and ascends among the immortals.
乘彼白雲， He mounts on the white clouds,
至於帝鄉。 and arrives at the place of God.
三患莫至， The three forms of evil do not reach him,
身常無殃， his person is always free from misfortune
則何辱之有！」- what obloquy has he to incur?'
封人去之，With this the border-warden left him.
堯隨之， Yao followed him,
曰： saying,
「請問。」 'I beg to ask-- ;'
封人曰： but the other said,
「退已！」 'Begone!'

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