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天地 - Heaven and Earth

English translation: James Legge [?]
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7 天地:
尧治天下,伯成子高立为诸侯。尧授舜,舜授禹,伯成子高辞为诸侯而耕。禹往见之,则耕在野。禹趋就下风,立而问焉,曰:“昔尧治天下,吾子立为诸侯;尧授舜,舜授予,而吾子辞为诸侯而耕。敢问其故何也?”子高曰:“昔尧治天下,不赏而民劝,不罚而民畏。今子赏罚而民且不仁,德自此衰,刑自此立,后世之乱自此始矣。夫子阖行邪?无落吾事!”俋俋乎耕而不顾。
Heaven and Earth:
When Yao was ruling the world, Bo-cheng Zi-Gao was appointed by him prince of one of the states. From Yao (afterwards) the throne passed to Shun, and from Shun (again) to Yu; and (then) Bo-cheng Zi-Gao resigned his principality and began to cultivate the ground. Yu went to see him, and found him ploughing in the open country. Hurrying to him, and bowing low in acknowledgment of his superiority, Yu then stood up, and asked him, saying, 'Formerly, when Yao was ruling the world, you, Sir, were appointed prince of a state. He gave his sovereignty to Shun, and Shun gave his to me, when you, Sir, resigned your dignity, and are (now) ploughing (here) - I venture to ask the reason of your conduct.' Zi-Gao said, 'When Yao ruled the world, the people stimulated one another (to what was right) without his offering them rewards, and stood in awe (of doing wrong) without his threatening them with punishments. Now you employ both rewards and punishments, and the people notwithstanding are not good. Their virtue will from this time decay; punishments will from this time prevail; the disorder of future ages will from this time begin. Why do you, my master, not go away, and not interrupt my work?' With this he resumed his ploughing with his head bent down, and did not (again) look round.

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