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body is the complement of the heart, and a wound in it makes the heart also suffer. So the ruler is
preserved by the people, and perishes also through | the people. It is said in an ode,
“Once we had that former premier, His words were wise and pure; The states and clans by him were at rest, The chief cities and towns by him were well
regulated, All the people by him enjoyed their life. Who (now) holds the ordering of the kingdom? Not himself attending to the government,
The issue is toil and pain to the people ?." It is said in the Kün-yà (Sha, V, XXV, 5), “ In the heat and rain of summer days the inferior people may be described as murmuring and sighing. And so it may be said of them in the great cold of winter."
18. The Master said, 'In the service by an inferior of his superior, if his personal character be not correct, his words will not be believed ; and in this case their views will not be the same, and the conduct (of the superior) will not correspond (to the advice given to him) ?'.
19. The Master said, 'Words should be capable of proof by instances, and conduct should be conformed to rule; when the case is so, a man's aim cannot be taken from him while he is alive, nor can his good name be taken away when he is dead. Therefore the superior man, having heard much, verifies it by
This is from an ode not in the Shih, and only preserved, so far, here. The three concluding lines, however, are also found in the Shih, II, iv, ode 7, 6.
. The meaning of this latter part is matter of dispute.
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| SR No. | 007678 |
| Book Title | Satapatha Bramhana Part 02 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Julius Eggeling |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1885 |
| Total Pages | 2521 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 44 MB |