大学中庸（英汉双语）

《论语》《大学》《中庸》是我国传统儒家经典，千百年来一直是儒家倡导的人们进行自身修养的规范性典籍。20世纪初，辜鸿铭认为欧美的传教士和汉学家歪曲了儒家经典的原义，糟蹋了中国文化，并导致西方人对中国人和中国文明产生种种偏见，因此决定亲自为欧美人讲解《论语》《大学》《中庸》，这就是本书的由来。较之以前西方传教士和汉学家的儒经译本，辜鸿铭的翻译有质的飞跃，可以说是近代讲解《论语》《大学》《中庸》的一个里程碑。这个版本也成为风靡欧美、通行世界的《论语》《大学》《中庸》读本。

辜鸿铭（1857.7.18-1928.4.30），祖籍福建省同安县，生于南洋英属马来西亚槟榔屿。学博中西，号称“清末怪杰”，是满清时代精通西洋科学、语言兼及东方华学的中国第一人。他翻译了中国“四书”中的三部——《论语》、《中庸》和《大学》，创获甚巨；并著有《中国的牛津运动》（原名《清流传》）和《中国人的精神》（原名《春秋大义》）等英文书，热衷向西方人宣传东方的文化和精神，产生了重大的影响，在西方形成了“到中国可以不看紫禁城，不可不看辜鸿铭”的说法。

大学之道，在明明德，在亲民，在止于至善。

知止而后有定，定而后能静，静而后能安，安而后能虑，虑而后能得。

THE TEXT OF CONFUCIUS

The object of a Higher Education is to
bring out (明) the intelligent (明) moral power (德) of our nature；to make a new and better
society (lit.people)；and to enable us to abide in the
highest excellence.

When a man has a standard of excellence
before him，and only then，will he have a fixed and
definite purpose；with a fixed and definite purpose，and only then，will he be able to have peace
and tranquillity of mind；with tranquillity of mind，and only then，will he be able to have peace
and tranquillity of soul；with peace and serenity of
soul，and only then，can he
devote himself to deep，serious thinking and reflection；and it is only by deep，serious thinking and
reflection that a man can attain true culture.

大学·中庸传一章

1.《康诰》曰：“克明德。”

The Commission of Investiture to Prince Kang says：“He (the Emperor Wen) succeeded in
making manifest the power of his moral nature.”

2.《大甲》曰：“顾天之明命。”

In the Address of the Minister I-Yin to the
Emperor Tai Chia，it is said：“He
(the great Emperor Tang) kept constantly before him
the clear Ordinance of God.”

3.《帝典》曰：“克明峻德。”

In the Memorial Record of the Emperor Yao，it is said：“He succeeded in making manifest
the lofty sublimity of his moral nature.”

4.皆自明也。

Thus all these men made manifest the
intelligent moral power of their nature.

传之首章。释明明德。

This section explains what“to bring out the intelligent power of our nature，”means.