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SECT. II. PT. II.
THE THAN KUNG.
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22. During the fight at Lang', Kung-shu Zü-zăn saw (many of) the men, carrying their clubs on their shoulders, entering behind the shelter of the small wall, and said, 'Although the services required of them are distressing, and the burdens laid on them heavy, (they ought to fight); but though our superiors do not form (good) plans, it is not right that soldiers should not be prepared to die. This is what I say. On this along with Wang i, a youth, (the son) of a neighbour, he went forward, and both of them met their death.
The people of Ld wished to bury the lad Wang i not as one who had died prematurely, and asked Kung-nf about the point. He said, 'As he was able to bear his shield and spear in the defence of our altars, may you not do as you wish, and bury him as one who has not died prematurely?'
23. When Zze-la was going away from La, he said to Yen Yüan, "What have you to send me away with ?' 'I have heard,' was the reply, 'that, when one is leaving his state, he wails at the graves (of his fathers), and then takes his journey, while on his return to it, he does not wail, but goes to look at the graves, and (then) enters (the city). He then said to 3ze-là, And what have you to leave with me here?' 'I have heard,' was the reply, that, when you pass by a grave, you should bow forward to the cross-bar, and, when you pass a place of sacrifice, you should dismount.'
24. Shang Yang, director of Works (in Kha), and
1 The fight at Lang is mentioned in the Khun Khill under B. C. 484. Zo's description of the battle gives the incident mentioned here, but somewhat differently.
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| SR No. | 007675 |
| Book Title | Text of Confucianism Part 01 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | James Legge |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1879 |
| Total Pages | 2829 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 50 MB |