臣愚

臣愚

1. A first-person pronoun used by a vassal who humbles himself to his master.

   • 公子成再拜稽首曰：「臣愚不達於王之議，敢道世俗之間，臣之罪也。今王將繼簡、襄之意以順先王之志，臣敢不聽命乎。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     公子成再拜稽首曰：“臣愚不达于王之议，敢道世俗之间，臣之罪也。今王将继简、襄之意以顺先王之志，臣敢不听命乎。” [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Gōngzǐ Chéng zàibài qǐshǒu yuē: “Chényú bù dá yú wáng zhī yì, gǎn dào shìsú zhī jiān, chén zhī zuì yě. Jīnwáng jiāng jì Jiǎn, Xiāng zhī yì yǐ shùn xiānwáng zhī zhì, chén gǎn bù tīng mìng hū.” [Pinyin]

     Gongzi Cheng bowed twice, bowed to the ground and said: "I, the stupid vassal doesn't reach the king's opinion, and dare say between the secular, it's my guilt. The current king is going to inherit the mind of Jiang(Zhao Yang) and Xiang(Zhao Wuxu) by following the late king's will; I dare not listen to the orders!"

• 愚臣 (yúchén)

From Literary Chinese 臣愚 (chényú).

臣(しん)愚(ぐ) • (shingu) 

1. A first-person pronoun used by a vassal who humbles himself to his master.

   Synonym: 愚臣

   • 14th century, 太平記 (Taiheiki):

     臣愚(しんぐ)竊(ひそか)に是(これ)を案(あん)ずるに

     shingu hisoka ni kore o anzuru ni

     I, your humble vassal thinks out secretly that—