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PT. II. SECT. XIV. THE WRITINGS OF KWANG-8ZE.
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away and disappear. How should one like me be fit to quote his words?'
When 3ze-fang went out, the marquis Wăn continued in a state of dumb amazement all the day. He then called Lung Li-khăn, and said to him, 'How far removed from us is the superior man of complete virtue! Formerly I thought the words of the sages and wise men, and the practice of benevolence and righteousness, to be the utmost we could reach to. Since I have heard about the preceptor of 3ze-fang, my body is all unstrung, and I do not wish to move, and my mouth is closed up, and I do not wish to speak;-what I have learned has been only a counterfeit of the truth1. Yes, (the possession of Wei) has been an entanglement to me.'
2. Wǎn-po Hsüeh-jze 2, on his way to Khi, stayed some time in Lû, where some persons of the state begged to have an interview with him. He refused them, saying, 'I have heard that the superior men of these Middle States understand the (subjects of) ceremony and righteousness, but are deplorably ignorant of the minds of men. I do not wish to see them.' He went on to Khi; and on his way back (to the south), he again stayed in Lû, when the same persons begged as before for an interview. He then said, 'Formerly they asked to see me, and now again they seek an interview. They will afford me
So the Khang-hsî dictionary defines the phrase ;-' a wooden image made of earth,' says Lû Shu-kih.
A Tâoist of note from some region in the south, perhaps from Khu, having his own share of the Tâoistic contempt for knowledge and culture.
3 Probably Lu and the northern states grouped closely round the royal domain.
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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 |