Translations : Missing from Legge's Shang Shu Pan Geng 9

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2013-06-20 00:23:24Missing from Legge's Shang Shu Pan Geng 9
Posted by: sschneewind (Sarah Schneewind)	As far as I can tell, Legge did not translate the penultimate sentence of this passage: 恐人倚乃身,迂乃心. Unless I am missing something, I would suggest adding the following translation: 「If in fear of another you crook your body, it will mean perverting your mind.」
Posted by: sschneewind (Sarah Schneewind)

2013-06-20 00:35:14Missing from Legge's Shang Shu Pan Geng 9
Posted by: sschneewind (Sarah Schneewind)	Hmm, no. Because the point is they are talking amongst themselves and getting themselves into a fret instead of trusting his decisions. So it must be something like "Fearful people crook their bodies and end by perverting their minds" or "If in fear of others [words] you huddle up your bodies, you are in fact twisting your minds." Sorry to have gone off half-cocked.
Posted by: sschneewind (Sarah Schneewind)

2013-06-20 15:35:29Missing from Legge's Shang Shu Pan Geng 9
Posted by: dsturgeon (Donald Sturgeon)	Thanks a lot for pointing this out. "今予命汝一無起穢以自臭" also seems to be missing in the translation. I managed to find Legge's original at the Internet Archive, and it turns out that he did omit a couple of lines in the version of his translation transcribed on the site: archive.org/stream/sacredbooks... But in another (earlier) version, he translated the missing text as: "Now I charge you to have but one mind. Do not let wicked thoughts arise to ruin yourselves. I am afraid that men bend your persons, and pervert your minds." - I've added this in. archive.org/stream/chineseclas...

2013-06-20 15:35:29Missing from Legge's Shang Shu Pan Geng 9

Posted by: dsturgeon (Donald Sturgeon)

Thanks a lot for pointing this out. "今予命汝一無起穢以自臭" also seems to be missing in the translation.

I managed to find Legge's original at the Internet Archive, and it turns out that he did omit a couple of lines in the version of his translation transcribed on the site:
archive.org/stream/sacredbooks...

But in another (earlier) version, he translated the missing text as: "Now I charge you to have but one mind. Do not let wicked thoughts arise to ruin yourselves. I am afraid that men bend your persons, and pervert your minds." - I've added this in.
archive.org/stream/chineseclas...

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