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PT. I. SECT. VII.
THE WRITINGS OF KWANG-BZE.
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BOOK VII.
Part I. SECTION VII. Ying Tî Wang?, or "The Normal Course for
Rulers and Kings1.' 1. Nieh Khüeh? put four questions to Wang Î 2, not one of which did he know (how to answer). On this Nieh Khüeh leaped up, and in great delight walked away and informed Phû--gze 3 of it, who said to him, 'Do you (only) now know it?' He of the line of Yü 4 was not equal to him of the line of Thâi 5. He of Yü still kept in himself (the idea of) benevolence by which to constrain (the submission of) men; and he did win men, but he had not begun to proceed by what did not belong to him as a man. He of the line of Thậi would sleep tranquilly, and awake in contented simplicity. He would consider himself now (merely) as a horse, and now (merely) as an ox 6. His knowledge was real and untroubled
1 See pp. 136-138. 2 See p. 190, note 5.
3 An ancient Tâoist, of the time of Shun. So, Hwang-fû Mî, who adds that Shun served him as his master when he was eight years old. I suppose the name indicates that his clothes were made of rushes.
4 Shun. See p. 245, note 3.
5 An ancient sovereign, earlier, no doubt, than Fü-hsî; but nothing is known of him.
6 He thought nothing about his being, as a man, superior to the lower creatures. Shun in governing employed his acquired knowledge; Thâi had not begun to do so.
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