【原文】
子曰:「大哉堯之為君也,巍巍乎,唯(1)天為大,唯堯則之(2),蕩蕩乎(3),民無能名焉(4)。巍巍乎,其有成功(5)也,煥(6)乎,其有文章(7)。」
【英文】
The Master said, “Great indeed was Yao as a ruler! How lofty! It is Heaven that is great and it was Yao who modelled himself upon it. He was so boundless that the common people were not able to put a name to his virtues. Lofty was he in his successes and brilliant was he in his civilizedaccomplishments!”
【注釋】
(1)唯,同「惟」。獨,只有。
(2)則之,準之,言堯之德可與天相準。
(3)蕩蕩乎,蕩蕩,廣遠貌。乎,猶然也,語助詞。
(4)無能名焉,言堯之德廣遠,不可以言語形容。焉,指示代名詞,指堯之德。
(5)成功,指事業之成就。
(6)煥,光明貌。
(7)文章,指禮樂法度。
【翻譯】
孔子說:「偉大呀!像堯這樣的領袖!崇高啊!只有天最高大了,只有堯的德行可以與天平齊!真是廣遠呀,民眾無法用言語來形容他的偉大!偉大呀!光明呀,他所制定的禮樂法度!」
【主旨】君王之德,則天而成文,大而無名之德。
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