Xun Ciming saw Yuan Lang

Xun Ciming met with Yuan Lang of Runan and asked yingchuan people, Ci Mingxian and his brothers. Lang Xiao said, "Shi Dan can only because he is pro-old (1)?" Ci Ming said: "The foot is difficult, what is the basis of the sutra (2)?" Lang Yue: "Fang asked the guoshi, and the brothers, it is The ear of You (3)!" Ci Ming said: "In the past, Qi Xi did not lose his son inwardly, and did not lose his vengeance on the outside, thinking that he was the most righteous (4)." The poems of Gongdan's "King Wen", whether yao or shun are virtuous and praise wen, warriors, and the righteousness of relatives (5). The meaning of "Spring and Autumn" is the summer inside the country and the summer outside. And he who does not love his relatives but loves others, is not contrary to (bèi) virtue (6)? ”

【Notes】

(1) Cause: dependence.

(2) Warp: Routine; Principle.

(3) Guoshi: A talented and virtuous person respected by the whole country. YU: Accusations; blames.

(4) Qi Xi: A native of the Jin Dynasty during the Spring and Autumn Period, he served as a lieutenant.

(5) Gongdan: Zhou Gongdan. Kiss: Love a loved one.

(6) "Spring and Autumn": It is the first chronicle history book in China. Moral: Contrary to morality.

【Translation】

When Xun Ciming and Yuan Lang of Runan County met, Yuan Lang asked the talented people of Yingchuan County, and Xun Ciming first said his brothers. Yuan Lang laughed at him and said, "Do talented people become famous by their relatives?" Ci Ming said, "What classic books are you basing on for me to be so difficult?" Yuan Lang said, "I just asked about the pillars of the country, but you only talked about your brothers, so I embarrassed you!" CiMing said: "When Qi Xi recommended Xiancai, he did not skimp on his son internally, and did not neglect people with different political views from himself externally, and people thought that he was the fairest." When Zhou Gongdan created "King Wen", he did not describe the virtues of Yao and Shun, but praised King Wen of Zhou, King Wu of Zhou and others, which is the normal morality of loving relatives. The principle of the Spring and Autumn Chronicle is: take one's own country as the center, and despise the princely states outside the national territory. Besides, isn't it immoral for a person who does not love his own relatives but loves others first? ”