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公曰：“敢问何谓敬身？”孔子对曰：“君子过言，则民作辞；过动，则民作则。君子言不过辞，动不过则，百姓不命而敬恭，如是，则能敬其身；能敬其身，则能成其亲矣。” |
| Ai Gong Wen: |
The duke said, 'I venture to ask what is meant by "respecting one's self."' Confucius replied, 'When a man who is over others transgresses in his words, the people will fashion their speech accordingly; when he transgresses in his actions, the people will make him their model. If in his words he do not go beyond what should be said, nor in his actions what should be a model, then the people, without being commanded, will reverence and honour him. When this obtains, he can be said to have respected his person. Having succeeded in respecting his person, he will (at the same time) be able to do all that can be done for his parents.' |
| | 哀公问: |
公曰：“敢问何谓成亲？”孔子对曰：“君子也者，人之成名也。百姓归之名，谓之君子之子。是使其亲为君子也，是为成其亲之名也已！” |
| Ai Gong Wen: |
The duke said, 'I venture to ask what is meant by doing all that can be done for one's parents?' Confucius replied, 'Jun-zi is the completest name for a man; when the people apply the name to him, they say (in effect) that he is the son of a Jun-zi; and thus he makes his parents (?father) to be a Jun-zi. This is what I intend by saying that he does all that can be done for his parents.' |
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孔子遂言曰：“古之为政，爱人为大。不能爱人，不能有其身；不能有其身，不能安土；不能安土，不能乐天；不能乐天，不能成其身。” |
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Confucius forthwith added, 'In the practice of government in antiquity, the love of men was the great point. If (a ruler) be not able to love men he cannot possess his own person; unable to possess his own person, he cannot enjoy in quiet his land; unable to enjoy in quiet his land, he cannot rejoice in Heaven; unable to rejoice in Heaven, he cannot do all that can be done for his person.' |
