Chapter 13

Original English Translation
寵chong辱ru若ruo驚jing,
Favor and disgrace—as if startled;
貴gui大da患huan若ruo身shen。
value great calamity as your own body.
何he謂wei寵chong辱ru若ruo驚jing?
What is meant by "favor and disgrace—as if startled"?
寵chong為wei下xia,
Favor is to be below;
得de之zhi若ruo驚jing,
gaining it, as if startled;
失shi之zhi若ruo驚jing,
losing it, as if startled—
是shi謂wei寵chong辱ru若ruo驚jing。
this is called "favor and disgrace—as if startled."
何he謂wei貴gui大da患huan若ruo身shen?
What is meant by "value great calamity as your own body"?
吾wu所suo以yi有you大da患huan者zhe,
The reason I have great calamity
為wei吾wu有you身shen,
is that I have a body;
及ji吾wu無wu身shen,
were I without a body,
吾wu有you何he患huan?
what calamity could I have?
故gu貴gui以yi身shen為wei天tian下xia,
Thus, value the world as your own body,
若ruo可ke寄ji天tian下xia;
and the world may be entrusted;
愛ai以yi身shen為wei天tian下xia,
love the world as your own body,
若ruo可ke託tuo天tian下xia。
and the world may be committed.

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寵 chong

favor; dote on; grace; favored

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辱 ru

humiliate; insult; disgrace; shame

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若 ruo

if; supposing; like; as if; similar to

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驚 jing

startle; alarm; surprise; shock

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貴 gui

expensive; noble; precious; to value

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大 da

big; large; great; adult; major; high-ranking

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患 huan

worry; illness; disaster; to suffer; to fear

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身 shen

body; self; person; torso; status

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何 he

what; which; how; why; wherefore

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謂 wei

call; say; mean; refer to

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為 wei

do; make; become; be; serve as; for; because of

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下 xia

below; down; descend; next; subordinate

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得 de

obtain; get; achieve; be able to; succeed

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之 zhi

it, him, her, them; of; 's; go to; reach

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失 shi

lose; miss; fail; error; mistake

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是 shi

right; correct; this; to be

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吾 wu

I; me; my

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所 suo

place; location; that which; (agentive/passive marker)

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以 yi

by means of; use; because; so as to; in order to

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有 you

have; possess; exist; there is/are; present

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者 zhe

one who; person; that which; the ...-er

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及 ji

reach; attain; catch up; and; as well as

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無 wu

not; without; nothing; lacking; void

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故 gu

cause; reason; former; old; therefore

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天 tian

sky; heaven; nature; fate; day

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可 ke

can; may; possible; permissible; acceptable; to approve

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寄 ji

send; dispatch; entrust; lodge; dwell temporarily

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愛 ai

love; cherish; be fond of; affection

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託 tuo

entrust; commit to care; rely on; prop up; pretext

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