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第二章
1. 孔子曰：「天下有道，則禮樂征伐自天子出；天下無道，則禮樂征伐自諸侯出。自諸侯出，蓋十世希不失矣；自大夫出，五世希不失矣；陪臣執國命，三世希不失矣。
2. 天下有道，則政不在大夫。
3. 天下有道，則庶人不議。」
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CHAPTER II.
1. Confucius said, 'When good government
prevails in the empire, ceremonies, music, and punitive military expeditions
proceed from the son of Heaven. When bad government prevails in the empire,
ceremonies, music, and punitive military expeditions proceed from the princes.
When these things proceed from the princes, as a rule, the cases will be few in
which they do not lose their power in ten generations. When they proceed from
the Great officers of the princes, as a rule, the cases will be few in which
they do not lose their power in five generations. When the subsidiary ministers
of the Great officers hold in their grasp the orders of the State, as a rule,
the cases will be few in which they do not lose their power in three
generations.
2. 'When right principles prevail in the
kingdom, government will not be in the hands of the Great officers.
3. 'When right principles prevail in the
kingdom, there will be no discussions among the common people.'
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Published
by The Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities, © Copyright 2003
by Anne Kinney and the University of Virginia