[原文]
10.2 昔伊耆始蜡，以祭八神。其辞云:“土返其宅，水归其壑，昆虫[无]毋作，草木归其泽。”则上皇祝文，爱在兹矣。舜之祠田云。“荷此长耜，耕彼南亩，四海俱有。”利民之志，颇形于言矣。至于商履，圣敬日跻。玄牡告天，以万方罪己，即郊禋之词也；素车祷旱，以六事责躬，则雩禜之文也。及周之太祝，掌六祝之辞。是以“庶物咸生”，陈于天地之郊;“旁作穆穆”，唱于迎日之拜;“夙兴夜处”，言于衬庙之祝;“多福无疆”，布于少牢之馈;宜社类杩，莫不有文:所以寅虔于神祗，严恭于宗庙也。
[今译]
从前神农氏开始在十二月合祭，祭祀八位神灵。他的祝词说:“泥土留在田里，水回到山沟里，害虫不要起来，草树长到沼泽地里。”那么三皇的祝词，就在这里了。虞舜的祭田说:“扛着长的掘土器，在那南亩上耕地，天下人都丰收。”为民谋利的用心，很表现在说话里了。到了商汤，德行一天高过一天。用黑牛祭天，把各方面的罪过都归到自己身上，这就是他祭天的祝词;坐着质朴的车子去求雨，用六件事情来责备自己，那是求雨祭的祝词。到了周朝的太祝，主管六种祝告的话。因此用“众物都生长”，在祭天时祷告;“普遍地显得肃穆”，在迎接太阳时拜神的祝词;“早起晚睡”，是在祖庙里袝祭时的祝词;“多福无限”，是用羊豕到祖庙里祭祀时的祝词;出征时祭社神，祭上帝，祭出征地，没有不是有祝词的:因为要对神灵表示虔诚，对祖庙表示恭敬。
10.2 When Yi Qi made his first sacrifice to the eight deities, he said, "Let the soil stay in place. Let water flow in the channels. Let insects plague no more. Let no wild weeds grow in the fields".These were his prayers. When King Shun made his spring sacrifices to the field, he said, "I cагry this long plough to till the southern field. I want all people to share the fruits of my labor." His prayers expressed good wishes for the welfare of the people. The virtues of King Tang of Shang accumulated daily. Once when sacrificing a black bull to heaven, he blamed all the faults of the world on himself. That was how he prayed to heaven. He also rode on an unadorned, plain cart to pray for the end of a drought, censuring himself for six misdeeds. That was how he prayed for rain. In the Zhou Dynasty, the grand officer of sacrifice was in charge of conducting six prayers. Praying to heaven and earth, he would say, " All life thus comes into being." To greet the sunrise, he would say, "Brightness shines far and wide." In the ancestral temple, he would say, "We will rise early and sleep late." Making sacrifices to the ancestors, he would say, "You have given us joys bounteous and boundless." Prayers to beaven and earth were also said before a military campaign, to show reverence to the deities and piety to the ancestors.
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