Confucean thought summarized for the Prince. Tr. Legge (en), Pauthier (fr), Bog (fr).
Confucius' text, Zengzi's comments on illustrious virtue, renovation of the people, the highest excellence, the root and the branches, investigation of things, having the thoughts sincere, the rectification of the mind, the regulation of the family, the well-ordering of the State, making the whole kingdom peaceful and happy.
Zengzi's Second Commentary
The renovation of the people.
In the Book of Poetry, it is said, “Although Zhou was an ancient State, the ordinance which lighted on it was new.”
Legge II. 3.
《诗经.大雅.文王》上说:“歧周虽然是个古老的国家,她所接受的使命是崭新的。”
白话翻译
Le Livre des vers dit :
« Quoique la famille des Tcheou possédât depuis longtemps une principauté royale,
« Elle obtint du ciel (dans la personne de Wen-wang) une investiture nouvelle. »
Pauthier II. 3.
Dans le Livre des vers, il est écrit : « Zhou était un royaume ancien, mais il obtint un nouveau mandat. »
Bog
The Great Learning – Daxue III. 3. – Chinese on/off – Français/English
Alias Daxue, Da Xue, Ta Hsue, Ta Hio, Great Learning, Adult Study (Pound), Grande Etude.
The Book of Odes, The Analects, Great Learning, Doctrine of the Mean, Three-characters book, The Book of Changes, The Way and its Power, 300 Tang Poems, The Art of War, Thirty-Six Strategies
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