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BK. XXXIX. TÂ HSIO.
423 make himself more distinguished. The vicious ruler will accumulate wealth, even though it cost him his life.
37. Never has there been a case of the superior loving benevolence, and his inferiors not loving righteousness. Never has there been a case where (his inferiors) loved righteousness, and the business (of the superior) has not reached a happy issue. Never has there been a case where the wealth accumulated in the treasuries and arsenals (of such a ruler and people) did not continue to be his.
38. Mang Hsien-szel said, He who keeps his team of horses does not look after fowls and pigs.
The family which has its stores of ice s does not keep cattle or sheep. The house which possesses a hundred chariots should not keep a grasping minister to gather up all the taxes for it. Than have such a minister, it would be better to have one who would rob it of its revenues.' This is in accordance with the saying, 'In a state gain should not be considered prosperity; its prosperity lies in righteousness.
39. When he who presides over a state or a family makes his revenues his chief business, he must be under the influence of some small man. He may consider him to be good ; but when such a person is employed in the administration of a state
1 The worthy minister of LQ, mentioned in vol. xxvii, p. 154, et al. His name was Kung-sun Mieh. Hsien was his posthumous title.
. An officer who has just attained to be a Great officer, and received from the ruler the carriage of distinction.
"To be used in sacrificing; but, we may suppose, for other uses as well.
• A dignitary, possessing an appanage.
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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 |