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WĂN WANG SHIH SZE.
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19. Kung-nt said, 'Formerly, when the duke of Kâu was administering the government, he did so while he (continued to) go up by the eastern steps. He (also) set forth the rules for a crown prince in (his dealing with) Po-khin, and it was thus that he secured the excellence of king Khăng. I have heard it said, “A minister will sacrifice himself to benefit his ruler, and how much more will he swerve from the ordinary course to secure his excellence !" This was what the duke of Kâu did with ease and unconcern.
20. Therefore he who knows how to show himself what a son should be can afterwards show himself what a father should be; he who knows how to show himself what a minister should be can afterwards show himself what a ruler should be ; he who knows how to serve others can afterwards employ them. King Khăng, being quite young, could not discharge the duties of the government. He had no means of learning how to show himself what the crown prince should be? On this account the rules for a crown prince were exhibited in the treatment of) Po-khin, and he was made to live with the young king that the latter might thus understand all that was right between father and son, ruler and minister, elders and youngers?.?
· His father being dead.
3 With reference to this paragraph, which, he thinks, appears here as from Confucius, Wa Khăng says When king Wa died, Khăng was quite young. (His uncles of) Kwan and Bhai sent their reports abroad, and the people of Yin planned their rebellion. Then the duke of Kau left the capital, and dwelt in the east, and Po-khin went to his jurisdiction, and defeated the people of Hsü and the Zung. Three years afterwards the duke of
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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 |