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of his position, of him from whom comes the nourishing,' affords great cause for congratulation.
XXVIII. (The trigram representing) trees hidden beneath that for the waters of a marsh forms Tå Kwo. The superior man, in accordance with this, stands up alone and has no fear, and keeps retired from the world without regret.
1. 'He places mats of the white mâɔ grass under things set on the ground :-he feels his weakness and his being in the lowest place, (and uses extraordinary care).
2. 'An old husband and a young wife :'-such association is extraordinary.
3. The evil connected with the beam that is weak' arises from this, that no help can be given (to the condition thus represented).
4. “The good fortune connected with the beam curving upwards' arises from this, that it does not bend towards what is below.
5. 'A decayed willow produces flowers :' - but how can this secure its long continuance ? 'An old
XXVII. I do not think that the Great Symbolism here is anything but that of a thunderstorm, dispersing the oppression that hangs over nature, and followed by genial airs, and the reviving of all vegetation. But there is nothing analogous to the thunder in the application. Words, it is said, 'nourish virtue; food and drink nourish the body.'
Paragraph 1. As Mencius said, 'He that nourishes the little belonging to him is a little man.'
Paragraph 2. Neither the subject of line 1, nor of line 6, is the proper associate of 2.
The other paragraphs are sufficiently illustrated in the notes on the Text.
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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 |