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康王命作册毕，分居里，成周郊，作《》。 |
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惟十有二年，六月庚午，朏。越三日壬申，王朝步自宗周，至于丰。以成周之众，命毕公保厘东郊。 |
| Charge to the Duke...: |
In the sixth month of his twelfth year, the day of the new moon's appearance was Geng-wu, and on Ren-shen, the third day after, the king walked in the morning from the honoured capital of Zhou to Feng, and there, with reference to the multitudes of Cheng-Zhou, gave charge to the duke of Bi to protect and regulate the eastern border. |
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王若曰：“呜呼！父师，惟文王、武王敷大德于天下，用克受殷命。惟周公左右先王，绥定厥家，毖殷顽民，迁于洛邑，密迩王室，式化厥训。既历三纪，世变风移，四方无虞，予一人以宁，道有升降，政由俗革，不臧厥臧，民罔攸劝。惟公懋德，克勤小物，弼亮四世，正色率下，罔不祗师言。嘉绩多于先王，予小子垂拱仰成。” |
| Charge to the Duke...: |
The king spoke to the following effect: 'Oh! Grand-Master, it was when Wen and Wu had diffused their great virtue all under heaven, that they therefore received the appointment which Yin had enjoyed. The duke of Zhou acted as assistant to my royal predecessors, and tranquillized and established their kingdom. Cautiously did he deal with the refractory people of Yin, and removed them to the city of Luo, that they might be quietly near the royal House, and be transformed by its lessons. Six and thirty years have elapsed; the generation has been changed; and manners have altered. Through the four quarters of the land there is no occasion for anxiety, and I, the One man, enjoy repose. The prevailing ways now tend to advancement and now to degeneracy, and measures of government must be varied according to the manners (of the time). If you (now) do not manifest your approval of what is good, 'the people will not be led to stimulate themselves in it. But your virtue, O duke, is strenuous, and you are cautiously attentive to the smallest things. You have been helpful to and brightened four reigns; with deportment all correct leading on the inferior officers, so that there is not one who does not reverently take your words as a law. Your admirable merits were many (and great) in the times of my predecessors; I, the little child, have but to let my robes hang down, and fold my hands, while I look up for the complete effect (of your measures).' |
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王曰：“呜呼！父师，今予祗命公以周公之事，往哉！旌别淑慝，表厥宅里，彰善瘅恶，树之风声。弗率训典，殊厥井疆，俾克畏慕。申画郊圻，慎固封守，以康四海。政贵有恒，辞尚体要，不惟好异。商俗靡靡，利口惟贤，余风未殄，公其念哉！我闻曰：‘世禄之家，鲜克由礼’。以荡陵德，实悖天道。敝化奢丽，万世同流。兹殷庶士，席宠惟旧，怙侈灭义，服美于人。骄淫矜侉，将由恶终。虽收放心，闲之惟艰。资富能训，惟以永年。惟德惟义，时乃大训。不由古训，于何其训。” |
| Charge to the Duke...: |
The king said, 'Oh! Grand-Master, I now reverently charge you with the duties of the duke of Zhou. Go! Signalize the good, separating the bad from them; give tokens of your approbation in their neighbourhoods, making it ill for the evil by such distinction of the good, and thus establishing the influence and reputation (of their virtue). When the people will not obey your lessons and statutes, mark off the boundaries of their hamlets, making them fear (to do evil), and desire (to do good). Define anew the borders and frontiers, and be careful to strengthen the guard-posts through the territory, in order to secure tranquillity (within) the four seas. In measures of government to be consistent and constant, and in proclamations a combination of completeness and brevity, and valuable. There should not be the love of what is extraordinary. Among the customs of Shang was the flattery of superiors; sharp-tonguedness was the sign of worth. The remains of these manners are not yet obliterated. Do you, O duke, bear this in mind. I have heard the saying, "Families which have for generations enjoyed places of emolument seldom observe the rules of propriety. They become dissolute, and do violence to virtue, setting themselves in positive opposition to the way of Heaven. They ruin the formative principles of good; encourage extravagance and display; and tend to carry all (future ages) on the same stream with them." Now the officers of Yin had long relied on the favour which they enjoyed. In the confidence of their prideful extravagance they extinguished their (sense of) righteousness. They displayed before men the beauty of their robes - proud, licentious, arrogant, and boastful - the natural issue was that they should end in being thoroughly bad. Although their lost minds have (in a measure) been recovered, it is difficult to keep them under proper restraint. If with their property and wealth they can be brought under the influence of instruction, they may enjoy lengthened years, virtue, and righteousness! - these are the great lessons. If you do not follow in dealing with them these lessons of antiquity, wherein will you instruct them?' |
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王曰：“呜呼！父师，邦之安危，惟兹殷士。不刚不柔，厥德允修。惟周公克慎厥始，惟君陈克和厥中，惟公克成厥终。三后协心，同砥于道，道洽政治，泽润生民，四夷左衽，罔不咸赖，予小子永膺多福。公其惟时成周，建无穷之基，亦有无穷之闻。子孙训其成式，惟乂。呜呼！罔曰弗克，惟既厥心；罔曰民寡，惟慎厥事。钦若先王成烈，以休于前政。” |
| Charge to the Duke...: |
The king said, 'Oh! Grand-Master, the security or the danger of the kingdom depends on those officers of Yin. If you are not (too) stern with them nor (too) mild, their virtue will be truly cultivated. The duke of Zhou exercised the necessary caution at the beginning (of the undertaking); Jun-chen displayed the harmony proper to the middle of it; and you, O duke, can bring it at last to a successful issue. You three princes will have been one in aim, and will have equally pursued the proper way. The penetrating power of your principles, and the good character of your measures of government, will exert an enriching influence on the character of the people, so that the wild tribes, with their coats buttoning on the left, will all find their proper support in them, and I, the little child, will long enjoy much happiness. Thus, O duke, there in Cheng-Zhou will you establish for ever the power (of Zhou), and you will have an inexhaustible fame. Your descendants will follow your perfect pattern, governing accordingly. Oh! do not say, "I am unequal to this;" but exert your mind to the utmost. Do not say, "The people are few;" but attend carefully to your business. Reverently follow the accomplished achievements of the former kings, and complete the excellence of the government of your predecessors.' |
