참전계경 영문. 제2장 하경. 제6강령 복. 제5문 관. 제32호 불린.-----315.

[홍승주]

제2장.下經(하경) 24訓(훈) 156事(사)
Chapter 2. Lower Scripture(下經,하경) 24 Teachings(訓,훈) 156 Matters(事,사)

제 6강령 福(복)......복......第232事.
  The 6th Principle : Blessing(福,복)... Blessing... Article 232.

제 5문......寬(관)......너그러움......第267事

 Gate 5 : Gwan(寬,관)... Generosity(Tolerance) ... Artiale 267.

제 32호......不吝(불린)......인색하지 않음......第269事

  Door 32 : Bullin(不吝,불린 - Unstinginess)... Not being stingy or miserly... Item 269.

吝(린)은 도량이 좁고 깔끔치 못한 것이다.

  Rin(Stinginess) means having a narrow mind and lacking neatness or nobility of character.

不吝(불린)은 짧게 베풀고 길게 베푸는 것을 옳게 하는 것이다.

  Bullin(Unstinginess) means properly managing both short-term giving and long-term giving.

짧은 것을 베품으로 되는 것을 긴 것으로 베풀며,

  It is giving abundantly(long) even when giving a little(short) would suffice,

가벼운 것을 빌려 주어도 될 것을 무거운 것을 빌려 주어 능히 흡족함이 있게 하고

  and lending something valuable(heavy) even when lending something simple(light) would do,

  thereby ensuring full satisfaction.

남이 가난하면 내가 넉넉하지 말 것이며,

  If others are poor, one should not live in excessive abundance oneself,

남이 근심함에  내가 즐거워서는 안되니 능히 잘못함을 면한다.

  and when others are in anxiety or grief,

  one must not take pleasure in it― thus rightly avoiding fault and wrongdoing.

 [Original Text, 원문]

吝은 惜也라 (린은 석야라)

  Rin(Stinginess) means being grudging or overly attached to one′s possessions.

可與之短而與之長 可假之輕而假之重하여 (가여지단이여지장 가가지경이가지중하여)

  Even when giving a little(short) would suffice, give aabundantly(long);

   even when lending something minor(light) would suffice, lend something valuable(heavy);

能使洽存하며 見人乏에 莫我贍하며 (능사흡존하며 견인핍에 막아섬하며)

  Thus bringing complete satisfaction.

   When seeing others in poverty, do not live in self-absorbed abundance;

見人愁에 莫我歡이라야 能使逸免이니라. (견인수에 막아환이라야 능사일면이니라.)

  And when seeing others in distress or sorrow,

  do not rejoice ―only then can one truly escape wrongdoing and maintain harmony.

 [Explanation, 풀이]

不吝(불린)의 반대되는  吝(린)을 생각해보자.

  Let us consider Rin(Stingness), which is the opposire of Bullin(Unstinginess).

인간이 도량이 좁고 깔끔치 못하면 일의 長短輕重(장단경중)을 모른다.

  When a person is narrow-minded and lacks nobility of character,

   they fail to discern the true priority and relative weight ― the lenght and seriousness

  (Jang-dan-gyeong-jung) ― of affairs.

대체로 남의 가난함을 보아야만 자신이 가난하지 않음을 다행스러워 하고,

  Such a person generally feels fortunate about not being poor only when 

  seeing the poverty of others,

남의 근심을 보아야만 자신이 근심치 않음을 기뻐한다.

  and rejoices in not being anxious only upon seeing the anxieties of others.  

이런 사람은 특별히 크게 남에게 죄를 짓지 않는다 해도 항상 남에게 죄를 짓는 것이니 그 죄가 적지 않은 것이다. 

  Even if such a person does not commit a glaringly gerat crime against others,

   they are constantly committing a wrongdoing against them in spirit,

   making thaat affense far from small.