<Previous Section>
<Next Section>

4. 伊訓

惟元祀,十有二月,乙丑,伊尹祠于先王。奉嗣王祗見厥祖。侯甸群後咸在。百官總己以聽冢宰。伊尹乃明言烈祖之成德,以訓于王,

曰:「嗚呼!古有夏先後,方懋厥德,罔有天災。山川鬼神,亦莫不寧,暨鳥獸魚鱉咸若。于其子孫弗率,皇天降災,假手于我有命。造攻自鳴條,朕哉自亳。惟我商王,布昭聖武,代虐以寬,兆民允懷。「今王嗣厥德,罔不在初。立愛惟親,立敬惟長,始于家邦,終于四海。

嗚呼!先王肇修人紀,從諫弗咈,先民時若;居上克明,為下克忠;與人不求備,檢身若不及,以至于有萬邦,茲惟艱哉!敷求哲人,俾輔于爾後嗣。制官刑,儆于有位。曰:『敢有恒舞于宮、酣歌于室,時謂巫風;敢有殉于貨色、恒于游畋,時謂淫風;敢有侮聖言、逆忠直、遠耆德、比頑童,時謂亂風。』惟茲三風十愆,卿士有一于身,家必喪;邦君有一于身,國必亡。臣下不匡,其刑墨,具訓于蒙士。

「鳴呼!嗣王只厥身,念哉!聖謨洋洋,嘉言孔彰。惟上帝不常,作善降之百祥,作不善降之百殃。爾惟德罔小,萬邦惟慶;爾惟不德罔大,墜厥宗。」

<Previous Section>
<Next Section>
IATHPublished by The Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities, © Copyright 2003 by Anne Kinney and the University of Virginia