tailieunhanh - Confucian Canon phần 9

hoạt động của quân đội của họ, sau đó tất cả các thuộc các quân đội sẽ vui mừng trong ngăn chặn chiến tranh, và tìm thấy niềm vui trong lòng nhân từ và sự ngay chính. Bộ trưởng sẽ phục vụ cho chủ quyền của họ, trân quý các nguyên tắc của lòng nhân từ và sự công bình, người con trai sẽ phục vụ người cha của họ, và em trai sẽ phục vụ người cao tuổi của anh em trong cùng một cách. | operations of their armies then all belonging to those armies will rejoice in the stopping from war and find their pleasure in benevolence and righteousness. Ministers will serve their sovereign cherishing the principles of benevolence and righteousness sons will serve their fathers and younger brothers will serve their elder brothers in the same way --and so sovereign and minister father and son elder brother and younger abandoning the thought of profit will cherish the principles of benevolence and righteousness and carry on all their intercourse upon them. But never has there been such a state of society without the State where it prevailed rising to the royal sway. Why must you use that word profit. 710 1. When Mencius was residing in Tsýu the younger brother of the chief of Zan who was guardian of Zan at the time paid his respects to him by a present of silks which Mencius received not going to acknowledge it. When he was sojourning in P ing-lũ Ch ũ who was prime minister of the State sent him a similar present which he received in the same way. 711 2. Subsequently going from Tsýu to Zan he visited the guardian but when he went from Ping-lũ to the capital of Ch ĩ he did not visit the minister Ch ũ. The disciple Wũ-lũ was glad and said I have got an opportunity to obtain some instruction. 712 3. He asked accordingly Master when you went to Zan you visited the chiefs brother and when you went to Ch ĩ you did not visit Ch ũ. Was it not because he is only the minister 713 4. Mencius replied No. It is said in the Book of History In presenting an offering to a superior most depends on the demonstrations of respect. If those demonstrations are not equal to the things offeredred we say there is no offering that is there is no act of the will presenting the offering. 714 5. This is because the things so offered do not constitute an offering to a superior. 715 6. Wũ-lũ was pleased and when some one asked him what Mencius meant he said The younger of Zan could not go to