詩 經 Shi Jing – Le Canon des Poèmes

清廟
於穆清廟、肅雝顯相。
濟濟多士、秉文之德。
對越在天、駿奔走在廟。
不顯不承、無射於人斯。

原文 266

Ah ! solemn is the ancestral temple in its pure stillness.
Reverent and harmonious were the distinguished assistants ;
Great was the number of the officers : –
[All] assiduous followers of the virtue of [king] Wen.
In response to him in heaven,
Grandly they hurried about in the temple.
Distinguished is he and honoured,
And will never be wearied of among men.

Legge 266

維天之命
維天之命、於穆不已。
於乎不顯、文王之德之純。
假以溢我、我其收之。
駿惠我文王、曾孫篤之。

原文 267

The ordinances of Heaven, –
How deep are they and unintermitting !
And oh ! how illustrious,
Was the singleness of the virtue of king Wen !
How does he [now] show his kindness ?
We will receive [his favour],
Striving to be in accord with him, our king Wen ;
And may his remotest descendant be abundantly the same !

Legge 267

維清
維清緝熙、
文王之典。
肇禋、
迄用有成、
維周之禎。

原文 268

Clear, and to be preserved bright,
Are the statutes of king Wen.
From the first sacrifice [to him],
Till now when they have issued in our complete State,
They have been the happy omen of [the fortunes of] Zhou.

Legge 268

烈文
烈文辟公、錫茲祉福。
惠我無疆、子孫保之。
無封靡于爾邦、維王其崇之。
念茲戎功、繼序其皇之。
無競維人、四方其訓之。
不顯維德、百辟其刑之。
於乎前王不忘。

原文 269

Ye, brilliant and accomplished princess,
Have conferred on me this happiness.
Your favours to me are without limit,
And my descendants will preserve [the fruits of] them.
Be not mercenary nor extravagant in your States,
And the king will honour you.
Thinking of this great service,
He will enlarge the dignity of your successors.
What is most powerful is the being the man ; –
Its influence will be felt throughout your States.
What is most distinguished is being virtuous ; –
It will secure the imitation of all the princes.
Ah ! the former kings are not forgotten !

Legge 269

天作
天作高山、
大王荒之。
彼作矣、
文王康之。
彼徂矣岐、
有夷之行、
子孫保之。

原文 270

Heaven made the lofty hill,
And king Da brought [the country about] it under cultivation.
He made the commencement with it,
And king Wen tranquilly [carried on the work],
[Till] that rugged [mount] Qi,
Had level roads leading to it.
May their descendants ever preserve it !

Legge 270

昊天有成命
昊天有成命、
二后受之。
成王不敢康、
夙夜基命宥密。
於緝熙、
單厥心。
肆其靖之。

原文 271

Heaven made its determinate appointment,
Which [our] two sovereigns received.
King Cheng did not dare to rest idly in it.
But night and day enlarged its foundations by his deep and silent virtue.
How did he continue and glorify [his heritage],
Exerting all his heart,
And so securing its tranquillity !

Legge 271

我將
我將我享、維羊維牛、
維天其右之。
儀式刑文王之典、
日靖四方。
伊嘏文王、既右享之。
我其夙夜、畏天之威、
于時保之。

原文 272

I have brought my offerings,
A ram and a bull.
May Heaven accept them !
I imitate and follow and observe the statutes of king Wen,
Seeking daily to secure the tranquillity of hte kingdom.
King Wen, the Blesser,
Has descended on the right and accepted [the offerings].
Do not I, night and day,
Revere the majesty of Heaven.
Thus to preserve [their favour] ?

Legge 272

時邁
時邁其邦、昊天其子之。
實右序有周。
薄言震之、莫不震疊。
懷柔百神、及河喬嶽。
允王維后。
明昭有周、式序在位。
載戢干戈、載櫜弓矢。
我求懿德、肆于時夏。
允王保之。

原文 273

Now is he making a progress through the States,
May Heaven accept him as its Son !
Truly are the honour and succession come from it to the House of Zhou.
To his movements,
All respond with tremulous awe.
He has attracted and given rest to all spiritual Beings,
Even to [the Spirits of] the He, and the highest hills.
Truly is the king the sovereign Lord.
Brilliant and illustrious is the House of Zhou.
He has regulated the positions of the princes ;
He has called in shields and spears ;
He has returned to their cases bows and arrows.
I will cultivate admirable virtue,
And display it throughout these great regions : –
Truly will the king preserve the appointment.

Legge 273

執競
執競武王、無競維烈。
不顯成康、上帝是皇。
自彼成康、奄有四方、
斤斤其明。
鐘鼓喤喤、磬筦將將、
降福穰穰。
降福簡簡、威儀反反。
既醉既飽、福祿來反。

原文 274

The arm of king Wu was full of strength ;
Irresistable was his ardour.
Greatly illustrious were Cheng and Kang,
Kinged by God.
When we consider how Cheng and Kang,
Grandly held all within the four quarters [of the kingdom],
How penetrating was their intelligence !
The bells and drums sound in harmony ;
The sounding stones and flutes blend their notes ;
Abundant blessing is sent down.
Blessing is sent down in large measure ;
Careful and exact is all our deportment ;
We have drunk, and we have eaten, to the full ;
Our happiness and dignity will be prolonged.

Legge 274

思文
思文后稷、克配彼天、
立我烝民、莫匪爾極。
貽我來牟、帝命率育。
無比疆爾界、陳常于時夏。

原文 275

O accomplished Hou-ji,
Thou didst prove thyself the correlate of Heaven ;
Thou didst give grain-food to our multitudes ; –
The immense gift of thy goodness.
Thou didst confer on us the wheat and the barley,
Which God appointed for the nourishment of all ;
And without distinction of territory or boundary,
The rules of social duty were diffused throughout these great regions.

Legge 275