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PT. II. SECT. XIV. THE WRITINGS OF KWANG-8ZE.
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away and disappear. How should one like me be fit to quote his words ?'
When 3ze-fang went out, the marquis Wăn continued in a state of dumb amazement all the day. He then called Lung Li-khăn, and said to him,
How far removed from us is the superior man of complete virtue! Formerly I thought the words of the sages and wise men, and the practice of benevolence and righteousness, to be the utmost we could reach to. Since I have heard about the preceptor of Zze-fang, my body is all unstrung, and I do not wish to move, and my mouth is closed up, and I do not wish to speak;—what I have learned has been only a counterfeit of the truth. Yes, (the possession of Wei) has been an entanglement to me.'
2. Wăn-po Hsieh-zze , on his way to Khi, stayed some time in La, where some persons of the state begged to have an interview with him. He refused them, saying, 'I have heard that the superior men of these Middle States 3 understand the (subjects of) ceremony and righteousness, but are deplorably ignorant of the minds of men. I do not wish to see them.' He went on to Khi; and on his way back (to the south), he again stayed in Lû, when the same persons begged as before for an interview. He then said, 'Formerly they asked to see me, and now again they seek an interview. They will afford me
So the Khang-hsî dictionary defines the phrase ;-'a wooden image made of earth,' says La Shd-kih.
SA Taoist of note from some region in the south, perhaps from Khû, having his own share of the Taoistic contempt for knowledge and culture.
Probably La and the northern states grouped closely round the royal domain.
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