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FO-SHO-HING-TSAN-KING.
II, 6.
With loving eyes he looked at Kandaka, (eyes) like the pure cool surface of a placid lake (and said),
Swift-footed! like a horse in pace, yea! swift as any light-winged bird, 422
‘Ever have you followed after me when riding, and deeply have I felt my debt of thanks, but not yet had you been tried in other ways; I only knew you as a man true-hearted, 423
‘My mind now wonders at your active powers of body; these two I now begin to see (are yours); a man may have a heart most true and faithful, but strength of body may not too be his; 424
'Bodily strength and perfect honesty of heart, I now have proof enough are yours. (To be content) to leave the tinselled world, and with swift foot to follow me, 425
'Who would do this but for some profit, if without profit to his kin, who would not shun it? but you, with no private aim, have followed me, not seeking any present recompense; 426
'As we nourish and bring up a child, to bind together and bring honour to a family; so we also reverence and obey a father, to gain (obedience and attention) from a begotten son; 427
'In this way all think of their own advantage; but you have come with me disdaining profit; with many words I cannot hold you here, so let me say in brief to you, 428
'We have now ended our relationship; take, then, my horse and ride back again; for me, during the
* To reject and leave. #for # · It may also be, to himself and kin.'
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| SR No. | 007676 |
| Book Title | Text of Confucianism Part 02 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | James Legge |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1882 |
| Total Pages | 2405 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 43 MB |