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PT. III. SECT. II. THE WRITINGS OF KWANG-8ZE.
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sun, and roam in the wild of Hsiang-Khăng." Now the trouble in my eyes is a little better, and I am again enjoying myself roaming outside the six confines of the world of space. As to the government of the kingdom, it is like this (which I am doing);what difficulty should there be in it?' Hwang-Ti said, 'The administration of the world is indeed not your business, my son; nevertheless, I beg to ask you about it.' The little lad declined to answer, but on Hwang-Ti putting the question again, he said, 'In what does the governor of the kingdom differ from him who has the tending of horses, and who has only to put away whatever in him would injure the horses?'
Hwang-Ti bowed to him twice with his head to the ground, called him his 'Heavenly Master',' and withdrew.
4. If officers of wisdom do not see the changes which their anxious thinking has suggested, they have no joy; if debaters are not able to set forth their views in orderly style, they have no joy; if critical examiners find no subjects on which to exercise their powers of vituperation, they have no joy :they are all hampered by external restrictions.
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Those who try to attract the attention of their age (wish to) rise at court; those who try to win the regard of the people count holding office a glory; those who possess muscular strength boast of doing what is difficult; those who are bold and daring exert themselves in times of calamity; those who are able
1 This is the title borne to the present day by the chief or pope of Tâoism, the representative of Kang Tâo-ling of our first century.
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Taking the initial kung in the third tone. If we take it in the first tone, the meaning is different.
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