Satapatha Bramhana Part 02

SR No.: 007678
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

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the marquis of zin, saying, 'A man-at-arms at the Yang gate having died, 3ze-han wailed for him bitterly, and the people were pleased ; (Sung), we apprehend, cannot be attacked (with success).'
When Confucius heard of the circumstances, he said, 'Skilfully did those men do their duty as spies in Sung. It is said in the Book of Poetry, "If there was any mourning among the people,
I did my utmost to help them.” Though there had been other enemies besides zin, what state under the sky could have withstood one (in the condition of Sung) 1 ?'
23. At the mourning rites for duke Kwang of La, when the interment was over, (the new ruler) did not enter the outer gate with his girdle of dolichos cloth. The ordinary and Great officers, when they had finished their wailing, also did not enter in their sackcloth ?
24. There was an old acquaintance of Confucius, called Yüan Zang. When his mother died, the Master assisted him in preparing the shell for the coffin. Yuan (then) got up on the wood, and said,
It is long since I sang to anything;' and (with this he struck the wood), singing :
It is marked like a wild cat's head; It is(smooth)as a young lady's hand which you hold.' The Master, however, made as if he did not hear, and passed by him.
· The whole narrative here is doubted. See the Shih, I. iii. Ode 10. 4. The reading of the poem, but not the meaning, is different from the text. The application is far-fetched
The time was one of great disorder; there may have been reasons for the violations of propriety, which we do not know.
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