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THE TEXTS OF TÂOISM.
BK. XXVIII.
place was in the palace of Yão. And not only so:you now further wish to extend to me the stain of your disgraceful doings. I am ashamed to see you.' And on this he threw himself into the abyss of Kling-lăng.
When Thang was about to attack Kieh, he took counsel with Pien Sui, who said, 'It is no business of mine. Thang then said, “To whom should I apply?' And the other said, 'I do not know.' Thang then took counsel with Wa Kwang, who gave the same answer as Pien Sui; and when asked to whom he should apply, said in the same way, 'I do not know.' 'Suppose,' Thang then said, 'I apply to I Yin, what do you say about him ?' The reply was, 'He has a wonderful power in doing what is disgraceful, and I know nothing more about him!'
Thang thereupon took counsel with I Yin, attacked Kieh, and overcame him, after which he proposed to resign the throne to. Pien Sui, who declined it, saying, 'When you were about to attack Kieh, and sought counsel from me, you must have supposed me to be prepared to be a robber. Now that you have conquered Kieh, and propose to resign the throne to me, you must consider me to be greedy, I have been born in an age of disorder, and a man without principle twice comes, and tries to extend to me the stain of his disgraceful proceedings !I cannot bear to hear the repetition of his proposals. With this he threw himself into the Kâu? water and died.
? At the foot of a hill in the present department of Nan-yang, Ho-nan.
* The reading uncertain.
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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 |