《中庸》引《诗经》“鸢飞戾天,鱼跃于渊”的内蕴之意

The Implication of“The Hawk Flies Up to Heaven and the Fish Leaps into the Deep”in The Doctrine of the Mean Cited from The Book of Songs

《中庸》第十二章引《诗经·大雅·旱麓》中“鸢飞戾天、鱼跃与渊”一诗句阐释论点“君子之道费而隐”,是围绕《诗经》原句本义进行论述的。在《诗经》原句歌颂君子之道沐泽大地的基础上,深化原句意味,使君子之道的实施对象具有普遍性,赋予其更深的教化意义。

In the twelfth chapter of The Doctrine of the Mean,the poetic sentence“the hawk fl ies up to heaven and the fi sh leaps into the deep”cited from The Book of Songs·Daya·Hanlu explains the argument“The gentleman’s way is broad and subtle”,which is explained based on the original meaning of the sentence in The Book of Songs,which praise the gentleman’way of widespread benevolence.The sentence deepens the meaning of the original sentence and gives it deeper educational signifi cance,which makes the gentleman implement his way to universal objects.