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BK, XXIII.
apart from guilt, without being themselves conscious of it. It was on this account that the ancient kings set so high a value upon them. This sentiment is found in the words of the Yi, ‘The superior man is careful at the commencement; a mistake, then, of a hair's breadth, will lead to an error of a thousand 111.'
? But these words, common enough in later Chinese writings, are not found in the Yi King. Khung Ying-tå says they are from the Great Appendix.' It is more likely that he was in error, than that they existed there in his time.
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