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(virtue) which is internal, and not an adjunct of the body, and yet you are continually directing your attention to my external body;-are you not wrong in this ?' Zze-khân felt uneasy, altered his manner and looks, and said, 'You need not, Sir, say anything more about it.'
3. In Là there was a cripple, called Shù-shan the Toeless?, who came on his heels to see Kung-nî. Kung-ni said to him, ' By your want of circumspection in the past, Sir, you have incurred such a calamity;—of what use is your coming to me now?' Toeless said, 'Through my ignorance of my proper business and taking too little care of my body, I came to lose my feet. But now I am come to you, still possessing what is more honourable than my feet, and which therefore I am anxious to preserve entire. There is nothing which Heaven does not cover, and nothing which Earth does not sustain ; you, Master, were regarded by me as doing the part of Heaven and Earth ;—how could I know that you would receive me in such a way?' Confucius rejoined, 'I am but a poor creature. But why, my master, do you not come inside, where I will try to tell you what I have learned ?' When Toeless had gone out, Confucius said, "Be stimulated to effort, my disciples. This toeless cripple is still anxious to learn to make up for the evil of his former conduct;
-how much more should those be so whose conduct has been unchallenged!'
Mr. Toeless, however, told Lão Tan (of the inter
1 Toeless' is a sort of nickname. Shû-shan or Shû hill was, probably, where he dwelt :- Toeless of Shû hill.'
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| SR No. | 007682 |
| Book Title | Questions of King Milinda Part 02 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | T W Rhys Davids |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1894 |
| Total Pages | 2240 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 38 MB |