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Chapter 19 Interrogation
[Original text]

The Master said: "Shun①has great knowledge②and also! Shun likes to ask questions and listens to others' words③, hides evil and promotes good④, grasps his two ends⑤, and uses them among the people⑥. He thinks Shun⑦!"

【Note】

① Shun: According to legend, the leader of the tribal alliance in the later stage of patrilineal clan society in ancient my country, his surname was Yao, he had the Yu family, his first name was Chonghua, and he was known as Yu Shun in history.

②Knowledge (zhì): Same as "wisdom".

③ You (ěr) words: shallow words. "The Book of Songs Xiaoya Xiaomin": "Wei'er's words are listening, and Wei'er's words are fighting." You, close.

④ Conceal evil and promote good: "Evil" refers to speech that does not conform to the golden mean. "Good" refers to speech that conforms to the golden mean.

⑤ Hold its two ends: grasp the extremes of the two aspects of things.Refers to the two extremes of the wise, the wise, the foolish, and the unworthy of the mean.

⑥Using it: It is a compromise, which refers to the principle of the golden mean in the use of both ends.

⑦ Qi Si thought that Shun was almost: Si, this, this. "Shun" here means benevolence and righteousness.

【Translation】

Confucius said: "Emperor Shun is really a very wise man! He likes to ask others for advice, and he is good at carefully examining those simple and simple words. He praised people for his words, measured the two extremes in people's cognition, and guided them with the golden mean. This is the reason why Yu Shun became Emperor Shun!"

[Zhu Xi Tips]

RightChapter 6.

【Translation】

Zhu Xi reminded that the above paragraph is Chapter 6.

(End of this chapter)