尚书 The Book of History -- 《君陈--Jun-chen》(James Legge 英译)（2）
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君陈: 王曰：“君陈，尔惟弘周公丕训，无依势作威，无倚法以削，宽而有制，从容以和。
Jun-chen: The king said, 'Jun-chen, do you give their full development to the great lessons of the duke of Zhou. Do not make use of your power to exercise oppression; do not make use of the laws to practise extortion. Be gentle, but with strictness of rule. Promote harmony by the display of an easy forbearance.
殷民在辟，予曰辟，尔惟勿辟；予曰宥，尔惟勿宥，惟厥中。有弗若于汝政，弗化于汝训，辟以止辟，乃辟。狃于奸（宝盖+九），败常乱俗，三细不宥。
'When any of the people of Yin are amenable to punishment, if I say "Punish," do not you therefore punish; and if I say "Spare," do not you therefore spare. Seek the due middle course. Those who are disobedient to your government, and uninfluenced by your instructions, you will punish, remembering that the end of punishment is to make an end of punishing. Those who are inured to villainy and treachery, those who violate the regular duties of society, and those who introduce disorder into the public manners:--those three classes you will not spare, though their particular offences be but small.
尔无忿疾于顽，无求备于一夫。必有忍，其乃有济；有容，德乃大。简厥修，亦简其或不修。进厥良，以率其或不良。
'Do not cherish anger against the obstinate, and dislike them. Seek not every quality in one individual. You must have patience, and you will be successful; have forbearance, and your virtue will be great. Mark those who discharge their duties well, and also mark those who do not do so, (and distinguish them from one another.) Advance the good, to induce those who may not be so to follow (their example).
惟民生厚，因物有迁。违上所命，从厥攸好。尔克敬典在德，时乃罔不变。允升于大猷，惟予一人膺受多福，其尔之休，终有辞于永世。”
'The people are born good, and are changed by (external) things, so that they resist what their superiors command, and follow what they (themselves) love. Do you but reverently observe the statutes, and they will be found in (the way of) virtue; they will thus all be changed, and truly advance to a great degree of excellence. Then shall I, the One man, receive much happiness, and your excellent services will be famous through long ages!'
