February 2023

孔子说：“舜该是个最孝顺的人了吧?德行方面是圣人，地位上是尊贵的天子，财富拥有整个天下，宗庙里祭祀他，子子孙孙都保持他的功业。”“所以，有大德的人必定得到他应得的地位，必定得到他应得的财富，必定得到他应得的名声，必定得到他应得的长寿。”“所以，上天生养万物，必定根据它们的资质而厚待它们。能成材的得到培育，不能成材的就遭到淘汰。”“《诗经》说：‘高尚优雅的君子，有光明美好的德行，让人民安居乐业，享受上天赐予的福禄。上天保佑他，任用他，给他以重大的使命。’”“所以，有大德的人必定会承受天命。 中庸·十七 子曰：“舜其大孝也与！德为圣人，尊为天子，富有四海之内；宗庙飨之，子孙保之。故大德，必得其位，必得其禄，必得其名，必得其寿。故天之生物，必因其材而笃焉，故栽者培之，倾者覆之。《诗》曰：‘嘉乐君子，宪宪令德，宜民宜人，受禄于天；保佑命之，自天申之。’故大德者必受命。” XVII Confucius remarked: “The Emperor Shun might perhaps be considered, in the highest sense of the word, a pious man. In moral qualities he was a saint. In dignity of office he was the ruler of the Empire. In wealth all that the wide world contained belonged to him. After his death

孔子说：“鬼神的德行可真是大得很啊!”“看它也看不见，听它也听不到，但它却体现在万物之中使人无法离开它。”“天下的人都斋戒净心，穿着庄重整齐的服装去祭祀它，无所不在啊!好像就在你的头上，好像就在你左右。”“《诗经》说：‘神的降临，不可揣测，怎么能够怠慢不敬呢?’”“从隐微到显著，真实的东西就是这样不可掩盖!” 中庸·十六 子曰：“鬼神之为德，其盛矣乎！视之而弗见，听之而弗闻，体物而不可遗。使天下之人，齐明盛服，以承祭祀，洋洋乎如在其上，如在其左右。《诗》曰：‘神之格思，不可度思！矧可射思！’夫微之显，诚之不可掩，如此夫！” XVI The Master said, “How abundantly do spiritual beings display the powers that belong to them! We look for them, but do not see them; we listen to, but do not hear them; yet they enter into all things, and there is nothing without them. They cause all the people in the

曾参侍奉母亲极其孝顺。曾参入山打柴，家里来了客人，母亲不知所措，就用牙咬自己的手指。曾参忽然觉得心疼，背起柴迅速返回家中，跪着问缘故。母亲说：“有客人忽然到来，我咬手指让你知道。” 二十四孝·曾参啮指痛心 周曾参，字子舆，事母至孝。参尝采薪山中，家有客至。母无措，望参不还，乃啮其指。参忽心痛，负薪以归，跪问其故。母曰：“有急，客至，吾啮指以悟汝尔。” Telesthesia between Zeng Shen and His Mother Zeng Shen of the Zhou Dynasty in the Spring-Autumn period, alias Ziyu, was extremely dutifully to his mother. One day when Shen was pricking firewood in the mountains, a guest of theirs came to visit them. His mother was quiet at a loss, as she