雙語詩歌翻譯|《中庸·三十》

《中庸》是中國儒家經典之一，原是《禮記》第三十一篇，相傳為戰(zhàn)國時期孔伋（子思）所作。其內容肯定“中庸”是道德行為的最高標準，把“誠”看成是世界的本體，認為“至誠”則達到人生的最高境界，并提出“博學之，審問之，慎思之，明辨之，篤行之”的學習過程和認識方法。宋代從《禮記》中抽出，與《大學》《論語》《孟子》合為“四書”。宋元以后，成為學校官定的教科書和科舉考試的必讀書，對中國古代教育產生了極大的影響。

中庸·三十

仲尼祖述堯舜，憲章文武；上律天時，下襲水土。辟如天地之無不持載，無不覆幬；辟如四時之錯行，如日月之代明。萬物并育而不相害，道并行而不相悖。小德川流，大德敦化。此天地之所以為大也。

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Confucius taught the truth originally handed down by the ancient Emperors Yao and Shun; and he adopted and perfected the system of moral laws established by the Emperors Wen and Wu. He showed that they harmonise with the divine order which governs the revolutions of the seasons in the Heaven above and that they fit in with the moral design which is to be seen in the nature of water and land upon the Earth below.
These moral laws form one system with the laws by which Heaven and Earth, support and contain, overshadow and canopy all things. These moral laws for the same system with the laws by which the seasons succeed each other and the sun and moon appear with the alternations of day and night. It is this same system of laws by which all created things are produced and developed themselves each in its order and system without injuring one another; that the operations of Nature take their course without conflict or confusion; the lesser forces flowing everywhere like river currents while the great forces of Creation go silently and steadily on. It is this one system running through all that makes the Universe so impressively great.