Advanced Classical Chinese_Exam II

ZhaokunXinProf.StphnH.WstCHI514:AdancdClassicalChinsExamIINo.14,2016ThInscriptioninthGraTabltofFormrLadyWangofthSuiDynasty(581618)(Excrpt)葛蕈[footnotRf:0]絺綌，[0:Thisphrasalludstothpom“Gtan”葛覃inth“Zhounan”周南(OdsofZhouandthSouth)sctionofthShijing詩經(ThClassicofPotry),butthrxistsatxtualariationbtwnthinscriptionhrandthpomassninthMaoshizhngyi毛詩正義(RctifidPrinciplsofMaoPoms)annotatdbyZhngXuan(127200)andKongYingda(574648).Spcifically,thscondcharactrhasanadditionalgrassradicalatthtopinthinscription.RuanYuan’s(17461849)rdactionandpublicationofthShisanjingzhushucomsoutmuchlatr,andthtxtualariationsobsrdthroughoutthfollowingtranslationsmaywllbdutoadiffrntditionofthShijingusdathousandyarsago,thmmoryfailingofthosinoldinthinscription,thunstabloraltransmissionofthpom,contingntscribalrrors,andsoon.Thpom,accordingtothMaocommntary,rfrstoassiduousnssanddutifulnssasthfundamntalqualitisofthqunandconsorts.HritbothlatsthlinagofLadyWangandacclaimshrpossssionofthsfundamntalqualitis.ForthpominChins,sZhngXuan鄭玄andKongYingda孔穎達,ann.,Maoshizhngyi毛詩正義,8.]Thdolichosxtndsitslfoutandmaksfinandcoarscloth,循灋度也。Accordingwiththrulsandstipulations.潔蠲为饎。[footnotRf:1][1:Anothrtxtualariationisobsrablhr.Thislincomsdirctlyfromthpomtitld“Tianbao”天保fromth“Xiaoya”小雅(MinorOdsofthKingdom)sctionofthShijing,whrthfirstcharactrisji吉(auspicious)rathrthanji潔(immaculat).Thnxtlincomslarglyfromthsampom,buthasbnrphrasdtosuitthcontxthr.ForthpominChins,sZhngXuanandKongYingda,ann.,Maoshizhngyi,144.]Withimmaculatpurification,[sh]broughtthoffrings,崇孝享也。Estmingthfilialprsntation[ofthm].叶贊我君子。[Sh]hlpdandaiddourirtuousmastr,and保乂我邦家。Protctdandsuprintnddourstatandhoushold,不愆不崩。[footnotRf:2][2:ThislinsmstohacombindtwosimilarlinsfromtwopomsinthShijing.Thfirsthalfisinth“Jial”假樂pomfromth“Daya”大雅(GratrOdsofthKingdom),whrasthscondhalfinth“Tianbao”pommntiondbfor.Itisalsonotworthythatth“Tianbao”pom’slinradsbuqianbubng不騫不崩,andaccordingtoWangLi’sandEdwinG.Pullyblank’srconstructions,qian騫andqian愆hathsampronunciationsinthMiddlChins.Thus,anothrpossibilityisthat,rathrthancombiningtwolins,thcurrntlininthinscriptionisithrusingthstwocharactrsintrchangablyormakingascribalmistak.ForthtwopomsinChins,sZhngXuanandKongYingda,ann.,Maoshizhngyi,412;540.]Nrrring,nrfalling,有始有卒。[footnotRf:3][3:YangBojun楊伯峻,Lunyuyizhu論語譯註,201.]Withthstart,withthnd.[footnotRf:4][4:ForanaltrnatitranslationthatsituatsthissntncinitsoriginalcontxtinConfucius’sAnalcts,sEdwardSlingrland,trans.,ConfuciusAnalcts,225.]豈久於其道恒亨者耶?[footnotRf:5][5:Thislinalludstoalinfromth“Hng”恆hxagraminthYijing易經(ThClassicofChang).Thoriginallinrads:“DURATION.Succss.Noblam.Prsrancfurthrs.Itfurthrsontohasomwhrtogo”恒，亨，無咎，利貞，久於其道也.(KongYingda孔穎達,ann.,Zhouyizhngyi周易正義,35;RichardWilhlmandCaryF.Bayns,trans.,ThIChingorBookofChangs,3078.)]Isn’titwhy[sh],forlong,accorddwiththWayandwasnduringandprosprouslysuccssful?嘗以為生生[footnotRf:6]之勤。[6:Thisphrascomsfromth“Xici”繫辭sctionofthYijing;sKongYingda,ann.,Zhouyizhngyi,66.][Sh]onctookittobthcasthatthindustriousnssofprolifrationandmultiplication不可以久。Couldnotprsistforlong.乃離形去智。[footnotRf:7][7:GuoQingfan郭慶藩,d.,Zhuangzijishi莊子集釋,284.Thtxtualariationhristhdiffrntwritingofzhi智fromthatinthZhuangzijishi,whichwritszhi知instad.]Subsquntly[sh]castoffformanddidawaywithundrstanding,宴嚜清禅。Rsidingpacfullyinsrnityandpurquanimity.同夫大通。[footnotRf:8][8:GuoQingfan,d.,Zhuangzijishi,284.GuoQingfan’sditionsubstitutsyu於forfu夫.][Sh]bcamidnticalwiththGratThoroughfar.無累[footnotRf:9]乎物。[9:Aphrasfromth“Dashng”達生inthZhuangzi.GuoQingfan,d.,Zhuangzijishi,632.]Withoutbingntangldbythings.夫其淵玄明澹之會。Thconcntrationofthmystriousprofundityandluminousblandnss固非世所得言也。Wasinddnotwhatthworldcouldspakabout.遘疾而終。[Sh]ncountrdillnssandmthrnd,遺令不祔。Laingthinstructionofnotholdinghrinstitur[inthsacrificialhallsoftharlirdcasd].遂殡于洛陽。SubsquntlyhrcoffinstaydinLuoyang.孫祖舜[footnotRf:10]懼塋兆孤隔。[10:ThXinTangshu新唐書(NwHistoryofthTangDynasty)mntionsKongZushun孔祖舜oncinthbiographicalntryofKongShurui孔述睿,hisgrandson,whichrads:“[KongShurui’s]grandfathrisKongZushun,whosstylnamisFngxian.[KongZushun]srdasanInstigatingCnsor,butwasmbroildanddmotdtobthMagistratofthChngwuCounty”祖祖舜，字奉先，為監察御史，以累下除城武令.(HuangYongnian黃永年,d.,Xintangshu,7:4197.)]HrgrandsonZushunwasafraidthathrgrawasalonandisolatdsothat不敢不志。Hdidnotdarnottohdthis.始以長安三年二月遷神於偃師北原之塋。NotuntilthscondmonthofththirdyarduringthChang’anrignpriod(703)didhmohrcoffintothburialsitinthnorthrnplainofYanshi,[footnotRf:11][11:Intoday’sH’nanProinc.]不忘本也。Withoutforgttinghrorigin.銘曰：Thinscriptionrads:賢才窈窕。[footnotRf:12][12:Thisalludstothsctiononthpom“Guanju”關雎(Osprys)inth“Xiaoxu”小序(LittlPrfac)tothShijing.ZhngXuanandKongYingda,ann.,Maoshizhngyi,5.]Thworthy,talntd,unassuming,andbashful[wif]配明德[footnotRf:13]兮。[13:Thisphrasisisiblinth“Huangyi”皇矣pominth“Daya”sctionofthShijingandrfrstothirtuousandintlligntqualitisofarulr;sZhngXuanandKongYingda,ann.,Maoshizhngyi,251.]Matchdwiththprspicaciousirtuous[husband].鸞皇琴瑟[footnotRf:14]。[14:Thisphrascomsfromth“Guanju”pominth“Fng”風(Air)sctionofthShijing;sZhngXuanandKongYingda,ann.,Maoshizhngyi,6.]Thsimurghandthphonix,thzithrandthzithrn不爽忒兮。Thrwasnoincongruity.柔嘉懿範。Asforthgntlmildnssandadmirablxmplarity,伊可則兮。Shcouldbastandard.道心惟微[footnotRf:15]。[15:KongYingda,d.,Shangshuzhngyi尚書正義,24.]ThhartofthWayissubtlandindiscrnibl,宴寂[footnotRf:16]嚜兮。[16:ABuddhisttrmsnfromthFahuajing法華經(ThLotusSūtra).]Aftrshrstdinpacandtranquility,[thhartofthWay]bcamrticnt.冥神委化。Thspirittranscnddandwasntrustdtotransformation,從妙識兮。Followingthmarlousprspicacity.孰云立隴。Whosaidthrctdmound限南北兮。Wouldsparatthsouthfromthnorth.