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'his allowing the escape of those in front of him.' 'That the people of his towns do not warn one another (to prevent such escape),' shows how he, in his high eminence, has made them pursue the due
THE APPENDIXES.
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course.
6. He seeks union and attachment without taking the first (step to such an end):'-there is no possibility of a (good) issue.
IX. (The trigram representing) the sky, and that representing wind moving above it, form Hsiâo Khu. The superior man, in accordance with this, adorns the outward manifestation of his virtue.
1. 'He returns and pursues his own path :'-it is right that there should be good fortune.
2. By the attraction (of the subject of the former line) he returns (to its own course),' and is in the central place :-neither will he err in what is due from him.
3. Husband and wife look on each other with averted eyes:'-(the subject of line three is like a
VIII. 'Water upon the face of the earth' is supposed to be an emblem of close union. Of the mere fact of close union this may be accepted as a fair illustration, and of its completeness. Some other symbolism might set forth better the tendency of parties to union, and their seeking it. What is said about the ancient kings is more pertinent to the meaning of the hexagram than in many other applications in 'the Great Symbolism.' The king appears in it not only as the centre, but as the cause, of union.
'The other advantages' under line I refer to all the benefits that will result from sincerity and union, which are in themselves good.
It is hardly possible to make what is said under line 5, on the royal huntings, agree with the account of them given on the same line in the duke of Kâu's text. I suspect that there is some corruption of the text. The two verbs 'neglecting' and 'taking' seem to be used, the one for the other.
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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 |