忠經 Zhong Jing #16
證應章 Evidence Continue Chapter
(PD) Mt Seoraksan Republic of Korea
Skies, earth, footprint...
(Photo clarity, angle, and wording by Larry Neal Gowdy)
Copyright ©2019 November 05, 2019
The sixteenth chapter of 忠經 (Zhong Jing) is titled 證應章, which is loosely interpreted to be Evidence Continue Chapter. The following quotes are lightly edited draft translations of the sentences within 證應章.
Only heaven supervise people
Good evil-bad certainly-will should-promise-respond-answer
Serve-as-create-be good then lucky
Serve-as-create-be evil then terrible
Good no-one large when-regard make-do-feel devotion
One-hundred behavior large-exceed good
Not-have devotion all-everyone forget-omit-neglect
Evil no-one large when-regard not devotion
Large evil it evil
Serve-as-be contrary-opposite person-ist calamity-misfortune
Devotion then happiness-good-fortune blessing-prosperity until-most-extreme-arrive here-how-why
Not devotion punish-fairness penalty-punish increase here-how-why
Devotion speech sow-broadcast hear-well-known
Not-yet have not blessing-prosperity
Not devotion then not devotion clear-obvious omen-million
Not-yet have not punish
Noble child(junzi) guard-protect way
Place use long-term guard-protect its rest
Tiny person not constant
Place use oneself-certainly sink-submerge its fault-blame-punish
Heaven aspiration-yearning-though-want root rest
Noble child(junzi) know and-as-well-as casually-at-the-same-time-meanwhile it-him-towards-got-to-this-these
Heaven aspiration not-have punish-blame-fault
Tiny people beg-seek-demand and-as-well-as catch-take it
Rest-stop-cease punish-fault-blame it summon-collect-symptom {also}
Not also-merely-just-again bright-understanding {begin-start-!-?}
Heaven strong-firm-supervise-inspect hole(Kong) bright-understanding
Must-not-never logical-meaning-speak-name vast-boundless-vague hide-conceal-dark-darken-obscure
Book say "Become-pretend good drop-fall-descend it one-hundred lucky-good-omen
Become-pretend not good drop-fall it one-hundred calamity-misfortune"
Misfortune happiness-good-fortune not-have door
However-only people certainly-oneself summon
The draft sentences are not easy to linearly follow... the fun is found within the act of discerning their conceptual harmonies.