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讓王 - Kings who have wished to resign the Throne

English translation: James Legge [?]
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1 讓王:
堯以天下讓許由,許由不受。又讓於子州支父,子州支父曰:「以為我天子,猶之可也。雖然,我適有幽憂之病,方且治之,未暇治天下也。」夫天下至重也,而不以害其生,又況他物乎!唯無以天下為者,可以託天下也。
Kings who have wished...:
Yao proposed to resign the throne to Xu You, who would not accept it. He then offered it to Zi-zhou Zhi-fu, but he said, 'It is not unreasonable to propose that I should occupy the throne, but I happen to be suffering under a painful sorrow and illness. While I am engaged in dealing with it, I have not leisure to govern the kingdom.' Now the throne is the most important of all positions, and yet this man would not occupy it to the injury of his life; how much less would he have allowed any other thing to do so! But only he who does not care to rule the kingdom is fit to be entrusted with it.
舜讓天下於子州支伯,子州支伯曰:「予適有幽憂之病,方且治之,未暇治天下也。」故天下大器也,而不以易生,此有道者之所以異乎俗者也。
Shun proposed to resign the throne to Zi-zhou Zhi-bo, who (likewise) said, 'I happen to be suffering under a painful sorrow and illness. While I am engaged in dealing with it, I have not leisure to govern the kingdom.' Now the kingdom is the greatest of all concerns, and yet this man would not give his life in exchange for the throne. This shows how they who possess the Dao differ from common men.
舜以天下讓善卷,善卷曰:「余立於宇宙之中,冬日衣皮毛,夏日衣葛絺;春耕種,形足以勞動;秋收斂,身足以休息;日出而作,日入而息,逍遙於天地之間而心意自得。吾何以天下為哉?悲夫!子之不知余也!」遂不受。於是去而入深山,莫知其處。
Shun proposed to resign the throne to Shan Juan, who said, 'I am a unit in the midst of space and time. In winter I wear skins and furs; in summer, grass-cloth and linen; in spring I plough and sow, my strength being equal to the toil; in autumn I gather in my harvest, and am prepared to cease from labour and eat. At sunrise I get up and work; at sunset I rest. So do I enjoy myself between heaven and earth, and my mind is content: why should I have anything to do with the throne? Alas! that you, Sir, do not know me better!' Thereupon he declined the proffer, and went away, deep among the hills, no man knew where.
舜以天下讓其友石戶之農,石戶之農曰:「捲捲乎后之為人,葆力之士也。」以舜之德為未至也,於是夫負妻戴,攜子以入於海,終身不反也。
Shun proposed to resign the throne to his friend, a farmer of Shi-hu. The farmer, however, said (to himself), 'How full of vigor does our lord show himself, and how exuberant is his strength! If Shun with all his powers be not equal (to the task of government, how should I be so?)' On this he took his wife on his back, led his son by the hand, and went away to the sea-coast, from which to the end of his life he did not come back.

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