詩 經 Shi Jing – The Book of Odes

下武
下武維周、世有哲王。
三后在天、王配于京。

王配于京、世德作求。
永言配命、成王之孚。

成王之孚、下土之式。
永言考思、考思維則。

媚茲一人、應侯順德。
永言考思、昭哉嗣服。

昭茲來許、繩其祖武。
於萬斯年、受天之祜。

受天之祜、四方來賀。
於萬斯年、不遐有佐。

原文 243

Successors tread in the steps [of their predecessors] in our Zhou.
For generations there had been wise kings ;
The three sovereigns were in heaven ;
And king [Wu] was their worthy successor in his capital.

King [Wu] was their worthy successor in his capital,
Rousing himself to seek for the hereditary virtue,
Always striving to accord with the will [of Heaven] ;
And thus he secured the confidence due to a king.

He secured the confidence due to a king,
And became a pattern of all below him.
Ever thinking how to be filial,
His filial mind was the model [which he supplied].

Men loved him, the One man,
And responded [to his example] with a docile virtue.
Ever thinking how to be filial,
He brilliantly continued the doings [of his fathers].

Brilliantly ! and his posterity,
Continuing to walk in the steps of their forefathers,
For myriads of years,
Will receive the blessing of Heaven.

They will receive the blessing of Heaven.
And from the four quarters [of the kingdom] will felicitations come to them.
For myriads of years,
Will there not be their helpers ?

Legge 243