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高曾祖，父而身，身而子，子而孫。自子孫，至玄曾，乃九族，人之倫。父子恩，夫婦從，兄則友，弟則恭。長幼序，友與朋，君則敬，臣則忠。此十義，人所同。TrTranslation
高曾祖，父而身，身而子，子而孫。
Great-great-grandfather, great-grandfather, grandfather, father and oneself; then oneself to son, son to grandson.
自子孫，至玄曾，乃九族，人之倫。
From son and grandson on to great-grandson and great-great-grandson: these are the nine generations, the order of human kinship.
父子恩，夫婦從，兄則友，弟則恭。
Between father and son, kindness; between husband and wife, accord. The elder brother is warm, the younger brother respectful.
長幼序，友與朋，君則敬，臣則忠。
Between old and young, due order; between friends, friendship. The ruler is respectful, the minister loyal.
此十義，人所同。
These ten duties are shared by all people.
Draft translation; it will be revised when the lecture is filmed.
Compared with Wang Xiang's edition
Group 28 自子孫，至玄曾，乃九族，人之倫。
Wang Xiang's edition writes 元 for 玄 (“great-great-”), because Qing-dynasty writers avoided 玄, part of the Kangxi Emperor's personal name (Xuanye).
From the Father's Lecture Notes
First count out a person's place in the family (the nine generations), then the duty that goes with each place (the ten duties). These five groups are one chain, from great-great-grandfather down to grandson and from father and son up to ruler and minister; cut it in the middle and neither end makes sense. That is why it is the longest lecture in the book and must not be split over two weeks.
Translated from Yikonglu's Father's Lecture Notes for the Three Character Classic, written for a parent teaching a child.
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