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APPENDIX IV.
Záh Yung King, or Classic of the Directory
for a Day.' I have nowhere found any mention of the author of this brief composition, or of its date. The use of Buddhistic expressions in it shows that it cannot have had a very early origin. It belongs to the same category of Taoist writings as the Khing Kang King, which is the first of these appendixes. Lî Hsi-yüeh says, 'The Treatise is called “the Directory for a Day," as showing that during all the hours (the Tao) should not be left for a single instant (comp. the words of Confucius at the beginning of the Kung Yung). Let the work be done, and there is sure to be the result promised; only there must be the Purity insisted on both of body and mind. In the second paragraph it is said, “During the twelve hours of the day let the thoughts be constantly fixed on absolute Purity;" and in the last paragraph, “During the twelve hours be always pure and undefiled;"—thus showing what the main teaching of the Great Taoistic system is, and the pre-eminent place which Purity occupies in the “ Directory for a Day." The style is so clear and simple that I have left it without note or comment.'
1. As to what should be done in a day, when the eating and drinking has been arranged, let one sit straight with his mouth shut, and not allow a single thought to arise in his mind. Let him forget everything, and keep his spirit with settled purpose. Let
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