忠經 Zhong Jing #10
保孝行章 Protect Filial-piety Behavior Chapter
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Copyright ©2019 November 01, 2019
The tenth chapter of 忠經 (Zhong Jing) is titled 保孝行章, which is loosely interpreted to be Protect Filial-piety Behavior Chapter. The chapter's topic revolves around the acts of reasoned filial piety towards all people. The following quotes are lightly edited draft translations of portions of the sentences within 保孝行章.
'Man only-however filial-piety person-ist
The first word, 夫 (fu) is a general term for adult males, but when combined as Fu Zi, it can imply a respectful term for an individual man. Also, if fu is used at the beginning of a sentence, the word might imply an added emphasis or assertion, perhaps not too distant from the modern English way of saying something like 'Wow that is so cool!'. The important thing here though is that the first word does not infer mankind as a whole, and by how the whole of the book is worded, so will the book's other words dictate how fu is to be interpreted within this chapter's first sentence.
Certainly-will expensive-noble when devoted
Similar think-consider-deliberate filial-piety and forget-neglect devotion
Like-similar investigate-seek happiness and-yet abandon-discard heaven
Devotion careless-thoughtless not behavior
Place proportion-ratio still-like-similar wrong its way
Devotion not home-residence heart
Move-touch all-every evil remote-secluded
Correct use devotion not reach it
And-yet fail-lose-mistake its defend-guard-serve-protect
Certainly-will give-to this-that penalty
Investigate-seek able-to {from-to-in}
Bandit only dangerous body-life
Disgrace-shame reach close {also}
Already-both fail-mistake when-regard devotion
Hand-again-once-more fail-mistake when-regard filial-piety
Therefore noble him-it behavior his-its filial-piety
Certainly-will use devotion
Exhaust-use-up his-its devotion
Then happiness prosperity arrive {carry-!}
Devotion then obtain happiness
Prosperity then honored relatives
Therefore obtain finish-end love respect it heart
Use raise-bring-up its relatives
Give-hand-out reach-attain when people
Protect devotion way
Many good distant return
Body-life stable close-relatives happy
Obtain finish-end its raise-rear
Now-these it logical-meaning safeguard-protect filial-piety behavior {also}
Use devotion it therefore-intentionally
Obtain protection when-regard filial-piety
Poem say: "Filial-piety child not lacking
Long-perpetual confer-bestow like-so-you similar"
Examine-investigate father-uncle behavior filial-piety
Give-bestow when-regard village public
Noble it-him good him-it
These-stop-turn-around it logical-meaning {also}'