(Translation) 李珥 箕子實記

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	箕子實記 箕子。商宗室也。或曰名胥餘。學明九疇。身傳聖道。以畿內諸侯。仕爲太師。帝乙謫子受。資辨捷疾。拒諫飾非。其庶兄啓。恪愼克孝。箕子度受非元良。以啓長且a044_292b賢。勸帝乙立之。帝乙難於廢嫡。卒立受爲太子。封啓爲微子。帝乙崩。受卽位號爲紂。始爲象箸。箕子歎曰。彼爲象箸。必爲玉杯。爲玉杯。則必思遠方珍怪之物而御之矣。輿馬宮室之漸。自此始。不可振也。紂淫虐日甚。微子痛殷將亡。謀於箕子及少師比干曰。今殷其淪喪。若涉大水。其無津涯。今爾無指告予顚隮。若之何其。箕子曰。商今其有災。我興受其敗。商其淪喪。我罔爲臣僕。詔王子出迪。我舊云刻子。王子弗出。我乃顚隮。自靖。人自獻于先王。我不顧行遯。微子乃去之。箕子諫紂。紂不聽。囚箕子以爲奴。人或曰。可以去矣。箕子曰。爲人臣。諫不聽而去。是彰君之惡。而自說於民。	translation
	吾不忍爲也。乃被髮伴狂而受辱。鼓琴以自悲。故傳之曰箕子操。比干諫而不退。紂殺之。周武王克商。命召公奭。釋箕子之囚。王就見之。虛己問殷所以亡曰。吾殺紂。是歟非歟。箕子不忍言。王乃問以天道曰。嗚呼。箕子。惟天。陰騭下民。相協厥居。我不知其彝倫攸敍。箕子乃言曰。我聞。在昔鯀。陻洪水。汩陳其五行。帝乃震怒。不畀洪範九疇。彝倫攸斁。鯀則殛死。禹乃嗣興。天乃錫禹洪範九疇。彝倫攸敍。乃陳洪範。其大目。一曰五行。二曰敬用五事。三曰農用八政。四曰協用五紀。五曰建用皇極。六曰乂用三德。七曰明用稽疑。八曰念用庶徵。九曰嚮用五福。威用六極。其論皇極曰。無偏無陂。遵王之義。無有作好。遵王之道。無有作惡。遵王之路。無偏無黨。王道蕩蕩。無黨無偏。王道平平。無反無側。王道正直。會其有極。歸其有極。箕子旣爲武王傳道。不肯仕。武王亦不敢强。箕子乃避中國。東入朝鮮。中國人隨之者五千。詩書禮樂醫巫陰陽卜筮之流。百工技藝皆從焉。武王聞之。因封以朝鮮。都平壤。初至言語不通。譯而知之。敎其民以禮義農蠶織作。經畫井田之制。設禁八條。其略。相殺償以命。相傷以穀償。相盜者男沒爲其家奴。女爲婢。欲自贖者。人五十萬。雖免爲民。俗猶羞之。嫁娶無所售。是以。其民不盜。無門戶之閉。婦人貞信不浮。辟其田。	... King Wu of the Zhou conquered the Shang, and order Shaogongshi(召公奭) to release Kija. The King proceeded to see him. He empties his self and inquired about that because of which the Yin had been ruined. He said, "My killing of Zhou, was it right or wrong?" Kija could not bear to say. The King then inquired about the Way of Heaven. He said, "Oh! count of Qi, Heaven, (working) unseen, secures the tranquillity of the lower people, aiding them to be in harmony with their condition. I do not know how the unvarying principles (of its method in doing so) should be set forth in due order." The count of Qi thereupon replied, "I have heard that in old time Gun dammed up the inundating waters, and thereby threw into disorder the arrangement of the five elements. God was consequently roused to anger, and did not give him the Great Plan with its nine divisions, and thus the unvarying principles (of Heaven's method) were allowed to go to ruin. Gun was therefore kept a prisoner till his death, and his son Yu rose up (and entered on the same undertaking). To him Heaven gave the Great Plan with its nine divisions, and the unvarying principles (of its method) were set forth in their due order." Then, he explained the Great Plan(洪範). The main items are the following. The first is called Five Phases(五行). The second is to use five matters for reverence. The third is to use eight policies for agriculture. The forth is to use five cosmological cycles for cooperation. The fifth is to use the standard of the imperial greatness. The sixth is to use three virtues for governing. The seventh is to use reflection for clarity. The eighth is to use timely order for thought. The ninth is to use five fortunes for pleasure and to use six misfortunes for awe. As for the discussion on the imperial greatness(皇極), it says
	野都邑。飮食以籩豆。崇信讓篤儒術。釀成中國之風敎。以勿尙兵鬪。以德服强暴。鄰國皆慕其義歸附。衣冠制度。悉同乎中國。其後。箕子朝周。過故殷墟。見宮室毀壞。生朱黍。箕子傷之。作麥秀之歌曰。麥秀漸漸兮。禾黍油油。彼狡童兮。不與我好兮。殷民聞之。皆流涕。朝鮮被仁賢之化。爲詩書禮樂之邦。朝野無事。人民懽悅。以大同江比黃河。作歌以頌其德。箕子薨。箕氏世君東土。周末。燕伯稱王。將東略地。朝鮮侯欲興兵伐燕以尊周。大夫禮諫之而止。使禮西說燕。燕亦止不侵。侯亦自稱王。後子孫稍驕虐。燕乃遣將攻其西。取地二千餘里。至滿潘汗爲界。朝鮮遂弱。及秦幷a044_293b天下。築長地抵遼東。朝鮮王否畏秦服。屬。否薨。子準立十餘年。而秦滅燕，齊，趙。民多亡入朝鮮。及盧綰王燕。朝鮮與燕以浿水爲界。及綰入凶奴。燕人衛滿亡命。聚黨千餘人。東渡浿水。求居西界爲藩屏。王準信之。拜爲博士。賜以圭。封之百里。令守西鄙。滿誘納逋逃。衆漸盛。乃遣人詐告王準。漢兵十道至。欲入宿衛。遂襲王準。戰不敵。浮海南奔。朝鮮遂爲滿有。自箕子傳四十一代凡九百二十八年而失國。箕準被逐。率其左右宮人。入居韓地金馬郡。號馬韓王。統小國五十餘。亦傳累世。厥後新羅，高句麗，百濟三國漸大。馬韓寖衰。百濟始祖溫祚王二十六年。襲馬韓幷其國。	(translation)
	箕氏主馬韓又二百年而亡。傳祚前後凡一千一百二十餘年。 贊曰。猗歟大師。運遭明夷。內貞而晦。制義隨時。被髮操音。惟天我知。宗國旣淪。嗚呼曷歸。法授蒼姬。身莅靑㙨。誕闢土宇。樂浪作京。鰈域長夜。肇照日星。禁設八條。文宣禮樂。江淸大同。山重太白。子孫繩繩。千祀是卜。五世不斬。迄受遺澤。報祀仁辟。極天如昨。 謹按。天生蒸民。必降聖賢以主之。輔相化育。宣朗人文。以遂其生。以立其敎。伏羲以下。迄于三王。代天開物。故命之以我東有民。想不後中國。未聞睿智有作。以盡君師之責。檀君首出。文獻罔稽。恭惟a044_293d箕子。誕莅朝鮮。不鄙夷其民。養之厚而敎之勤。變魋結之俗。成齊魯之邦。民到于今。受其賜。禮變之習。濟濟不替。至於夫子。有浮海欲居之志。則微禹之嘆。沒世愈深矣。大哉箕子。旣陳洪範於武王。道明于華夏。推其緖餘。化洽于三韓。子孫傳祚千有餘年。後辟景仰。若揭日月。崇德報功。世篤其典。苟非元聖。烏能致此。嗚呼盛矣哉。齊人只知有管，晏。此固不免坐井。至於洙泗之儒。深繹夫子微言。洛閩之士。偏傳程朱遺敎。亦其理宜也。我東受箕子罔極之恩。其於實迹。宜家誦而人熟也。然今之土。被人猝問。鮮能條答。蓋由羣書散漫。學之不博也。	(translation)
	尹公斗壽曾奉使朝 天。中朝士人。多問箕子之爲。尹公病不能專對。旣還。乃廣考經史子書。裒集事實及聖賢之論。下至騷人之詠。摭而成書。名曰。箕子志。其功良勤。而其嘉惠後學。亦云至矣。第念雜編徑傳。統紀難尋。珥乃不揆僭濫。竊採志中所錄。約成一篇。因略敍立國始終。世系歷年之數。名曰箕子實紀。庶便觀覽焉。 萬曆八年庚辰仲夏。後學德水李珥。謹志。	(translation)

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