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6. 'He does not serve either king or feudal lord :'but his aim may be a model (to others).
XIX. (The trigram for) the waters of a marsh and that for the earth above it form Lin. The superior man, in accordance with this, has his purposes of instruction that are inexhaustible, and nourishes and supports the people without limit.
1. “The good fortune through the firm correctness of (the subject of the first line) advancing in company (with the subject of the second)' is due to his will being set on doing what is right.
2. “The good fortune and every possible advantage attending the advance (of the subject of the second line), in company (with the subject of the first),' arises from the fact that those (to whom the advance is made) are not yet obedient to the ordinances (of Heaven).
3."He (shows himself) well pleased to advance:his position is not that appropriate to him. 'If he become anxious, however, about his action,' his error will not be continued.
4. 'The freedom from error consequent on the
XVIII. When the wind,' says Khăng-zze, encounters the mountain, it is driven back, and the things about are all scattered in disorder; such is the emblem of the state denoted by KQ.'
The nourishing of virtue' appears especially in line 6; all the other lines belong to the helping of the people.'
The subject of line 1 has entered into the work of his father, and brings it about that his father is looked on as blameless. The
due mean' of line 2 is according to the caution in the Text. The Khang-hsî editors interpret the explanation of line 5 as = 'he takes up the course of his father with all his virtue.' I think they are wrong.
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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 |