1.5: 學而: 子曰:道千乘之國:敬事而信,節用而愛人,使民以時.
1.5: Zǐ yuē: Dǎo
qiān shèng zhī guó: jìng shì ér xìn, jié yòng ér ài rén, shǐ mín yǐ shí.
1.5: The Master
says: The way of a 1,000 chariot state: honor your duty/office and be
trustworthy, restrain use (be efficient?) but love humanity, (and) use the
people according to time (at the right time or season).
1.6: 子曰:弟子入則孝,出則弟,謹而信,汎愛眾.而親仁.行有餘力,則以學文.
1.6: Zǐ yuē: dí zǐ rù
zé xiào, qū zé tì, jǐn ér xìn, fàn ài zhòng, ér qīn rén. Xíng yǒu yú lì, Zě yí
xué wén.
1.6: The Master
Says: Younger brothers inside (the home) are filial, outside (the home) respect
elders, are cautious but trustworthy, extensively (flushed/overflowing) love
the crowd, and (with) intimate (relations) are benevolent. [After that any
remaining energy] spend in studying culture.
1 comment:
A few interesting points here. In 1.6 the passage singles out younger brothers in particular. The reason is probably related to the inheritance structures of early Chinese nobility. If the Emperor died and he had no male heirs, or if his heirs were too young, imperial rule passed to the hands of the emperor's younger brother. When the brother died rule would (usually or ostensibly) transfer back to the older brother's line. This pattern probably held for lesser nobility as well.
I also spent a bit of time trying to understand 行有餘力, which literally translates as "do/travel + have/is + excess + power." It turns out this phrase is the origin of an idiom still used in modern Mandarin: "after that, any remaining energy..." Much better, yes?
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