TEXT 6-8 (HT 6.2)

Question 1

禹出

Answer 1

Yu went on an excursion.

Question 2

見罪人

Answer 2

He saw a convict.

Question 3

下車問而泣之

Answer 3

He got down from his cart, inquired about the convict’s offence and wept.

Question 4

左右曰 “夫罪人不順道”

Answer 4

Those who are with him said, “A convict does not follow the correct Way.”

Question 5

“故使然焉”

Answer 5

“This is what brings the convict to this state.”

Question 6

君王何為痛之至於此也？

Answer 6

Why does Your Majesty grieve to this extent?

Question 7

禹曰 “堯舜之人 皆以堯舜之心為心”

Answer 7

Yu said, “The subjects of Yao and Shun all took the minds of Yao and Shun as their own minds.”

Question 8

“今寡人為君也 百姓各自以其心為心”

Answer 8

Now that I have become the ruler, each of the common people take their personal will as their minds.

Question 9

“是以痛之”

Answer 9

“This is why I grieve.”

Question 10

書曰 百姓有罪 在予一人

Answer 10

As said in the Book of Documents, ‘When the common people are guilty, this should all attribute to me alone.’

Question 11

紂為長夜之飲 懽以失日

Answer 11

Zhou indulged in over-night drinking. Through the pleasure, he forgot the date of the day.

Question 12

問其左右 盡不知也

Answer 12

He asked his attendants. None of them knew it.

Question 13

乃使人問箕子

Answer 13

So he sent someone to ask Jizi.

Question 14

箕子謂其徒曰

Answer 14

Jizi said to his followers,

Question 15

“為天下主 而一國皆失日”

Answer 15

“He acts as the ruler of all-under-Heaven and everyone in the whole state forget the date.”

Question 16

“天下其危矣”

Answer 16

“All-under-heaven may be in danger.”

Question 17

“一國皆不知 而我獨知之”

Answer 17

“Everyone in the whole state do not know the date and I alone am aware of it.”

Question 18

“吾其危矣”

Answer 18

“I may be in danger.”

Question 19

“辭以醉而不知”

Answer 19

“He refused by claiming to be drunk and ignorant of it.”

Question 20

或謂趙簡子曰 “君何不更乎?”

Answer 20

Someone told Lord Jian of Zhao, “Why don’t you change your ways?”

Question 21

簡子曰 “諾”

Answer 21

Lord Jian said, “I will.”

Question 22

左右曰 “君未有過 何更”

Answer 22

His attendants said, “Your lordship has no faults. What is there to be changed?”

Question 23

君曰 “吾謂是諾 未必有過也”

Answer 23

The Lord said, “I made this agreement. This does not necessarily mean I had faults.”

Question 24

“吾將求以來諫者也”

Answer 24

“This is because I am seeking people who will come to me with admonishments.”

Question 25

“今我卻之 是卻諫者”

Answer 25

“Now, if I dismissed it, this is to dismiss those who admonish.”

Question 26

“諫者必止”

Answer 26

“Admonishers would certainly stop coming.”

Question 27

“我過無日矣”

Answer 27

“It is not long that I will commit a fault.”