The first section of this article says "Yao asks Yu Shun", so it is named "Yao Wen".
The content is very miscellaneous, and the last section is the general discussion of Xunzi by Xunzi's disciples.
Yao asked Yu Shun: "I want to make the world, what can I do?"
He said: "Hold on to nothing, do nothing, be faithful and tireless, and the world will come from itself." Persistence is like heaven and earth, line is as small as the sun and the moon, loyalty is strong inside, ben is outside, form in the four seas, the world is in a corner of the evil!
Translations:
Yao asked Shun, "I want to attract people from all over the world, what should I do about it?"
Shun replied, "If you preside over government affairs and concentrate on it without any mistakes, if you do small things without slackening, and if you are loyal and trustworthy and do not get tired of it, then the people of the world will be obedient."
Presiding over government affairs is like a long time, doing small things is like the sun and the moon running endlessly, loyalty is full of heart, carried forward in appearance, and embodied in the four seas, then the people of the world are not like in the corner of the room?
Where are you going to attract it?"
Wei Wuhou planned to do things, and the ministers could not be arrested, and he was happy when he retreated from the court.
Wu Qijin said: "There is also the language of the king of Chuzhuang, who hears it on the left and right?"
Wuhou said: "What are the words of the king of Chuzhuang?"
Wu Qi said: "The king of Chuzhuang is planning things, and the ministers can't be arrested, and there is a gloom in retreating from the dynasty."
Shen Gong Wuchen asked: 'The dynasty has a gloomy color, why not?'
King Zhuang said: 'If you don't plan for things, the ministers can't be arrested, and you are worried.' In his words, he also said: "The princes are the kings of those who have teachers, those who have friends, those who have doubts, and those who have their own plans and those who do not want to die." ”
Now we are not in the valley, and the ministers cannot be arrested, and our country is almost dead! ’
The king of Chuzhuang is worried, and the king is happy. ”
Wuhou Qianxun bowed again and said: "The angel master is also the fault of the widow. ”
Translations:
Wei Wuhou planned the political affairs properly, and none of the ministers could match him, and he had a happy face after retreating.
Wu Qi stepped forward and said, "Has anyone ever reported the words of King Chuzhuang to you?"
Wuhou said, "What did King Chuzhuang say?"
Wu Qi replied: "The king of Chuzhuang planned the political affairs properly, and none of the ministers could match him, and he had a worried look after retiring from the court.
Shen Gong Wuchen stepped forward and asked, 'Why did the king look worried when he was seen by his courtiers?'
King Zhuang said, 'I have planned the attack properly, and none of the ministers can match me, so I am worried.'
The reason for that worry is in Zhong Yu's words, he said, the princes have been given the title of master to rule the world, the princes have been given the domination of friends, and the state of the people who have solved doubts has been saved, and no one can afford their own destruction.
Now with my incompetence, and none of the ministers can match me, my country is on the verge of destruction! 'King Chu Zhuang is worried about this, but you are happy because of it!'
Wu Hou took a few steps back, bowed his hand twice, and said, "It was God who sent Mr. to save my mistakes." ”
The bird will be attributed to Lu, and the Duke of Zhou will be the Fu of the bird and say: "You will do it, and you will be virtuous?"
He said: "He is lenient, so he can be cautious for his own use. These three are also virtuous. ”
Zhou Gong said: "Woohoo! Take human evil as a virtue?
A gentleman is good at morality, so his people return to the Tao. He is wide, out of the indistinguishable, female and beautiful! He is good for his own use, so he is small. A gentleman is as strong as an ox and does not compete with an ox, walks like a horse and does not compete with a horse, knows like a soldier, and does not compete with a soldier for knowledge.
The other contends, the temperament of the equal, the woman and the beauty!
Hearing this, he said: 'There is no more than that, and there is no soldier.' The scholar asked, 'Nothing is not perceived?' If you don't hear it, you will have few things, and if you have few things, you will be shallow. Those who are shallow, the way of the slut, and the woman is beautiful!
My Woman: I am the son of King Wen, the younger brother of King Wu, and the uncle of King Cheng, and I am not cheap in the world; however, there are ten people who I have seen and seen, and thirty people have met each other, and there are more than 100 people who have persisted in appearance, and there are more than 1,000 people who want to speak and ask for the completion of things. And he that I have attained three men shall perish among ten and thirty, but among a hundred and thousand.
Therefore, the sergeant I am thin, and the corporal is thick, and everyone thinks that I am a good man, and then the soldier arrives, and then sees things, and then knows where they are right and wrong.
A woman is proud of the country of Lu, and a man who is proud of his husband and a man can still be proud, but a person who is upright cannot be arrogant. He is a person who is upright, giving up the expensive and cheap, giving up the rich and being poor, giving up the poor and working hard, the color is black and does not lose its place, It is the discipline of the world that does not stop, and the article is not wasted. ”
Translations:
Bo Yu was about to return to Lu State, and Zhou Gongdan said to Bo Yu's master: "You are leaving, why don't you estimate the virtues of the person you are counseling?"
The master of the bird replied, "He is a generous man, he likes to act on his own intellect, and he is cautious.
These three aspects are his virtues. ”
Zhou Gong said: "Alas, how can you take other people's bad things as virtues!"
A gentleman likes to act according to reason, so his people are right.
If he is lenient with others, then the reward will be indiscriminate, and you will praise it. He likes to act on his own intellect, which is the root of his shallowness and ignorance.
A gentleman is as strong as an ox, and does not compete with an ox, runs as fast as a horse, and does not race against a horse, and is as wise as a scholar, nor is he wiser than a scholar.
That contest is just the strength of a person who equates himself with others, and you still praise it. His prudence, which is what makes him unheard.
I've heard the saying: 'Don't be too unaware of the scholars.' When you see a scholar, you ask, 'It's not that I don't know how to see it?' If you don't ask, then you will know little about things, and if you don't know much, you will be shallow."
That shallowness is the way of a lowly person, but you still praise it. ”
Zhou Gong said to Bo Yu, "I'll tell you." I am the son of King Wen, the younger brother of King Wu, and the uncle of King Cheng.
I am not a humble man in the world, but I have received ten elders with gifts, thirty of my peers who have returned courtesy, more than a hundred scholars who have received me with courtesy, and more than 1,000 people who want to give advice and I ask him to finish the matter, and among these I have only three wise men, and I have relied on them to straighten my body and mind, and to settle the world.
The way I got the three Magi was not to choose between ten and thirty, but among hundreds and thousands.
Therefore, I am more polite to the superior scholars, and more polite to the inferior scholars. Everybody thinks that I like scholars very much, so they come, and when they come, I can see things clearly, and only then can I know where they are right and wrong.
Be vigilant! If you treat people arrogantly by virtue of the state of Lu, you will be in danger! Those scholars who depend on their lives can still be treated with pride, but those who are upright in body and mind cannot be treated with pride.
Those scholars who are upright in body and mind, who give up their noble status and are willing to live in humility, who are willing to be poor at the expense of wealth, who give up comfort and do hard work, and whose faces are dark and do not lose the position they have chosen, so that the program of governing the world can be passed down endlessly, and the ancient literature and classics can endure for a long time. ”
The language said: The seal of the Qiuqiu, seeing the Chu Prime Minister Sun Shu Ao said: "I also heard it: those who have been officials for a long time are jealous, those who are generous and the people are resentful, and the venerable ones hate it." For the sake of the prime minister, why not offend the people of Chu?"
Uncle Sun Ao said: "The more humble my heart is when I am in the three phases of Chu, the more I am more generous every time I benefit from Lu, and the more respectful I am in my position, so as not to offend the people of Chu." ”
Translations:
There is a folk legend that the feudal people of the Qiuqiu visited Sun Shuao, the prime minister of the Chu State, and said: "I have heard such sayings: 'A man who has been an official for a long time will be jealous of the scholars, a man who is rich and rich, the people will resent him, and a person of noble status, the monarch will hate him.'" 'Now that Xiangguo has these three situations, but he has not offended the scholars and people of Chu State, why?'
Sun Shuao said: "I have become more and more humble in my heart when I have served as the minister of Chu three times, and each time I have increased my alms, my charity has become more and more extensive, and the more noble my status and the more respectful my courtesy, so I have not offended the scholars and people of Chu State." ”
Zigong asked Confucius: "It is given to people and is unknown." ”
Confucius said: "Those who are inferior to others are also the soil." Deeply pluck it and get sweet springs, trees and grains, plants and trees, birds and beasts breed, life is established, death is into the Yan; more merit, not "rest" virtue. He who is subordinate to man is also the land of Judah. ”
Translations:
Zigong asked Confucius, "I want to be humble to people, but I don't know how to do it." ”
Confucius said, "Is it humble to people? If you dig it deeply, you will get sweet springs, and if you plant on it, the grains will grow luxuriantly, the plants and trees will multiply on it, and the animals will live on it, and if you are alive, you will be buried in it, and it will have many merits but you will not think you have merit.
If you are humble to people, then you have to be like the land. ”
Xi Yu did not use the wonder of the palace and promoted it, Lai did not use the horse and Qi Zhizhi, and the prince of the Xuan Dynasty won it than the king of Wu. If you don't know the virtuous, you will die and the country will die.
Translations:
In the past, the Yu State did not use the palace Zhiqi and the Jin State annexed it, the Lai State did not use Zima and the Qi State annexed it, and the King of Shang cut the prince Bigan into the heart and King Wu of Zhou seized his power. The monarch does not get close to the virtuous and appointes the wise, so he will die and the country will die.
For the speaker, he said: "Sun Qing is not as good as Confucius." "No, it's not. Sun Qing was forced to be in troubled times, reckless in severe punishment, there was no virtuous lord above, and he encountered tyranny Qin, etiquette and righteousness were not good, education could not be achieved, the benevolent were broken, the world was dark, and all the princes were stabbed. When the time comes, those who know must not worry, those who are capable cannot be cured, and those who are wise cannot be used. Therefore, the king is blind and ignorant, and the sage is far away. However, Sun Qing has the heart of a saint, and he is crazy, and he looks at the world as a fool. The poem says: "Both clear and philosophical, in order to protect his body." ”
That's right. It's because its reputation is not in vain, it is not in vain, and it is not brilliant. Today's scholars, Sun Qing's last words, Yu Jiao, is enough to be the world's French style. Those who exist are gods, those who pass are transformed, and Confucius has passed through their good deeds. The world is not observed, Yun is not a saint, but what!
The world is not governed, and Sun Qing is not in time. De Ruoyao Yu, the world rarely knows, the magic is not used, people are suspicious, its knowledge is clear, follow the path and do the right thing, enough for the discipline. Woohoo! Virtuous! Worthy of being an emperor. Heaven and earth do not know, good at the good and good, kill the virtuous, than the dry to dissect the heart, Confucius is restrained, take public opinion to avoid the world, Jizi is crazy, Tian is often chaotic, and Lu Lu is good at being strong. Blessing for the wicked, and woe to the good.
Now he who speaks, and does not perceive the truth, but believes his name. The times are different, what is the reason for the reputation? must not be political, merit can be achieved, ambition and virtue are thick, who is not virtuous!
Translations:
Those who stand up say, "Xun Qing is not as good as Confucius." "That's not right.
Xun Qing was forced to live in troubled times, under severe torture and restraint; there was no virtuous monarch at the top, and at the bottom he encountered the tyrannical Qin; etiquette and morality could not be implemented, and education and probation could not be accomplished; benevolence was deposed and shackled, and the world was dark and groggy; perfect virtue was ridiculed, and the princes wantonly annexed.
In this era, a wise man cannot plan political affairs, a capable man cannot participate in governance, and a man of virtue and ability cannot be appointed. So the monarch was blinded and saw nothing, and the virtuous were rejected and not accepted. Since this is the case, Xun Qing has the ambition of a great saint, but he has added a layer of pretending to be crazy to his face, showing his ignorance to the world.
The Book of Songs says, "Not only is he wise and wise, but he is used to preserve himself." "That's the kind of person you're talking about. That's why he didn't have a great reputation, he didn't have many disciples, and his brilliance didn't shine widely.
Today's scholars, as long as they can get the remarks and teachings left by Xun Qing, can also be used as the legal norms of the world.
The place where he was was governed was comprehensively governed, and the local society he passed through changed. Look at his kind deeds, Confucius can't surpass it.
The people of the world do not examine in detail, saying that he is not a saint, what can be done? The reason why the world cannot be governed well is because Xun Qing has not encountered the opportunity. His virtues are like those of Yao Yu, but few people in the world know about this, and his statecraft is not adopted, but is doubted.
He was extremely intelligent, and he was good enough to be an example to the people. Oh, he should be the emperor. Heaven and earth don't know that they are good at killing virtuous people.
Bigan was disemboweled, Confucius was besieged in Kuangdi, receiving public opinion to escape society, Jizi pretending to be crazy, Tian Chang was in chaos, and Lu Lu was reckless and strong. He who does evil will be happy, but he who does good will be woe.
Now those who make a statement do not examine the actual situation, and even believe those false names; The times are different, where does the reputation come from? If you can't govern, how can you accomplish meritorious deeds? If you have good aspirations and good morals, who says that Xun Qing has no virtue and ability?