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1Declining to take a mat, he drew hastily back, and bowed twice to Tao Xih, who in a great rage stretched ? That is, I wish to have an interview with you, to see and speak to you face to face. PT.I1I. SECT. VIL THE WRITINGS OF KWANG-3ZE. 169 his legs apart, laid his hand on his sword, and with glaring eyes and a voice like the growl of a nursing tigress, said, ‘Come forwards, Kid. If what you say be in accordance with my mind, you shall live ; but, if it be contrary to it, you shall die.’ Confucius replied, ‘I have heard that everywhere under the sky there are three (most excellent) qualities. To be naturally tall and large, to be elegant and handsome without a peer, so that young and old, noble and mean, are pleased to look upon him ;—this is the highest of those qualities. To comprehend both heaven and earth in his wisdom, and to be able to speak eloquently on all subjects;—this is the middle one of them. To be brave and courageous, resolute and daring, gathering the multitudes round him, and leading on his troops ;—this is the lowest of them. Whoever possesses one of these qualities is fit to stand with his face to the south!, and style himself a Prince. But you, General, unite in yourself all the three. Your person is eight cubits and two inches in height; there is a brightness about your face and a light in your eyes; your lips look as if stained with vermilion; your teeth are like rows of precious shells; your voice is attuned to the musical tubes, and yet you are named “The Robber Ath.” I am ashamed of you, General, and cannot approve of you. If you are inclined to listen to me, I should like to go as your commissioner to Wd and Yiieh in the south; to A4i and Ld in the north; to Sung and Wei in the east; and to 3in and Kd in the west. I will get them to build for you a great city several hundred li in size, to 1 To take the position of a ruler in his court. 170 THE TEXTS OF TAOISM. BK, XXIX.
2I will get them to build for you a great city several hundred li in size, to 1 To take the position of a ruler in his court. 170 THE TEXTS OF TAOISM. BK, XXIX. establish under it towns containing several hundred thousands of inhabitants, and honour you there as a feudal lord. The kingdom will see you begin your career afresh; you will cease from your wars and disband your soldiers; you will collect and nourish your brethren, and along with them offer the sacrifices to your ancestors!:—this will be a course befitting a sage and an officer of ability, and will fulfil the wishes of the whole kingdom.’ ‘Come forward, Kid,’ said Tao ih, greatly enraged. ‘Those who can be persuaded by considerations of gain, and to whom remonstrances may be addressed with success, are all ignorant, low, and ordinary people. That I am tall and large, elegant and handsome, so that all who see me are pleased with me ;—this is an effect of the body left me by my parents. Though you were not to praise me for it, do I not know it myself? And I have heard that he who likes to praise men to their face will also like to speak ill of them behind their back. And when you tell me of a great wall and a multitudinous people, this is to try to persuade me by considerations of gain, and to cocker me as one of the ordinary people. But how could such advantages last for long? Of all great cities there is none so great as the whole kingdom, which was possessed by Y4o and Shun, while their descendants (now) have not so much territory as would admit an awl?. Thang and Wd were both set up as the Sons of Heaven, but in after ages (their posterity) were cut It is said near the beginning that Xih and his followers had ceased to offer such sacrifices ;—they had no religion. * The descendants of those worthies were greatly reduced ; but they still had a name and a place. PT. III, SECT. VII, THE WRITINGS OF KWANG-8ZE. 17° off and extinguished ;—was not this because the gain of their position was so great a prize!?
3* The descendants of those worthies were greatly reduced ; but they still had a name and a place. PT. III, SECT. VII, THE WRITINGS OF KWANG-8ZE. 17° off and extinguished ;—was not this because the gain of their position was so great a prize!? ‘And moreover I have heard that anciently birds and beasts were numerous, and men were few, so that they lived in nests in order to avoid the animals. In the daytime they gathered acorns and chestnuts, and in the night they roosted on the trees; and on account of this they are called the people of the Nest-builder. Anciently the people did not know the use of clothes. In summer they collected great stores of faggots, and in winter kept themselves warm by means of them; and on account of this they are called the people who knew how to take care of ' their lives. In the age of Shin Nang, the people lay down in simple innocence, and rose up in quiet ‘ security. They knew their mothers, but did not know their fathers. They dwelt along with the elks and deer. They ploughed and ate; they wove and made clothes; they had no idea of injuring one | another :—this was the grand time of Perfect virtue ?._ Hwang-Ti, however, was not able to perpetuate this virtuous state. He fought with A/ih-yd* in the wild of Ko-lQ* till the blood flowed over a hundred lt. When Y4o and Shun arose, they instituted their crowd of ministers. Thang banished his lord. King Wa killed XAu. Since that time the strong have oppressed the weak, and the many tyrannised over the few. From Thang and Wf downwards, (the J 1 See note 2, p. 170. 2 Compare the description of this primeval time in Book X, par. 4. 5 Commonly spoken of as ‘the first rebel.’ See Mayers’s Manual, p. 36. _ * Perhaps in the present Péo-an X4u, department of Hsiian-hw4, Xib-li. 172 THE TEXTS OF TAOISM. BK XXIX, rulers) have all been promoters of disorder and confusion. You yourself now cultivate and inculcate the ways of Wan and Wd; you handle whatever subjects are anywhere discussed for the instruction of future ages. With your peculiar robe and narrow girdle, with your deceitful speech and hypocritical conduct, you delude the lords of the different states, and are seeking for riches and honours. There is no greater robber than you are ;—why does not all the world call you the Robber Aid, instead of styling me the Robber Aih? ‘You prevailed by your sweet speeches on 3ze-ld, and made him your follower; you made him put away his high cap, lay aside his long sword, and receive your instructions, so that all the world said, “ Khung 4id is able to arrest violence and repress the wrong-doer ;” but in the end, when 3ze-lf wished to slay the ruler of Wei, and the affair proved unsuccessful, his body was exhibited in pickle over the eastern gate of the capital ;—so did your teaching of him come to nothing.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1Declining to take a mat, he drew hastily back, and bowed twice to Tao Xih, who in a great rage stretched ? That is, I wish to have an interview with you, to see and speak to you face to face. PT.I1I. SECT. VIL THE WRITINGS OF KWANG-3ZE. 169 his legs apart, laid his hand on his sword, and with glaring eyes and a voice like the growl of a nursing tigress, said, ‘Come forwards, Kid. If what you say be in accordance with my mind, you shall live ; but, if it be contrary to it, you shall die.’ Confucius replied, ‘I have heard that everywhere under the sky there are three (most excellent) qualities. To be naturally tall and large, to be elegant and handsome without a peer, so that young and old, noble and mean, are pleased to look upon him ;—this is the highest of those qualities. To comprehend both heaven and earth in his wisdom, and to be able to speak eloquently on all subjects;—this is the middle one of them. To be brave and courageous, resolute and daring, gathering the multitudes round him, and leading on his troops ;—this is the lowest of them. Whoever possesses one of these qualities is fit to stand with his face to the south!, and style himself a Prince. But you, General, unite in yourself all the three. Your person is eight cubits and two inches in height; there is a brightness about your face and a light in your eyes; your lips look as if stained with vermilion; your teeth are like rows of precious shells; your voice is attuned to the musical tubes, and yet you are named “The Robber Ath.” I am ashamed of you, General, and cannot approve of you. If you are inclined to listen to me, I should like to go as your commissioner to Wd and Yiieh in the south; to A4i and Ld in the north; to Sung and Wei in the east; and to 3in and Kd in the west. I will get them to build for you a great city several hundred li in size, to 1 To take the position of a ruler in his court. 170 THE TEXTS OF TAOISM. BK, XXIX.
2I will get them to build for you a great city several hundred li in size, to 1 To take the position of a ruler in his court. 170 THE TEXTS OF TAOISM. BK, XXIX. establish under it towns containing several hundred thousands of inhabitants, and honour you there as a feudal lord. The kingdom will see you begin your career afresh; you will cease from your wars and disband your soldiers; you will collect and nourish your brethren, and along with them offer the sacrifices to your ancestors!:—this will be a course befitting a sage and an officer of ability, and will fulfil the wishes of the whole kingdom.’ ‘Come forward, Kid,’ said Tao ih, greatly enraged. ‘Those who can be persuaded by considerations of gain, and to whom remonstrances may be addressed with success, are all ignorant, low, and ordinary people. That I am tall and large, elegant and handsome, so that all who see me are pleased with me ;—this is an effect of the body left me by my parents. Though you were not to praise me for it, do I not know it myself? And I have heard that he who likes to praise men to their face will also like to speak ill of them behind their back. And when you tell me of a great wall and a multitudinous people, this is to try to persuade me by considerations of gain, and to cocker me as one of the ordinary people. But how could such advantages last for long? Of all great cities there is none so great as the whole kingdom, which was possessed by Y4o and Shun, while their descendants (now) have not so much territory as would admit an awl?. Thang and Wd were both set up as the Sons of Heaven, but in after ages (their posterity) were cut It is said near the beginning that Xih and his followers had ceased to offer such sacrifices ;—they had no religion. * The descendants of those worthies were greatly reduced ; but they still had a name and a place. PT. III, SECT. VII, THE WRITINGS OF KWANG-8ZE. 17° off and extinguished ;—was not this because the gain of their position was so great a prize!?
3* The descendants of those worthies were greatly reduced ; but they still had a name and a place. PT. III, SECT. VII, THE WRITINGS OF KWANG-8ZE. 17° off and extinguished ;—was not this because the gain of their position was so great a prize!? ‘And moreover I have heard that anciently birds and beasts were numerous, and men were few, so that they lived in nests in order to avoid the animals. In the daytime they gathered acorns and chestnuts, and in the night they roosted on the trees; and on account of this they are called the people of the Nest-builder. Anciently the people did not know the use of clothes. In summer they collected great stores of faggots, and in winter kept themselves warm by means of them; and on account of this they are called the people who knew how to take care of ' their lives. In the age of Shin Nang, the people lay down in simple innocence, and rose up in quiet ‘ security. They knew their mothers, but did not know their fathers. They dwelt along with the elks and deer. They ploughed and ate; they wove and made clothes; they had no idea of injuring one | another :—this was the grand time of Perfect virtue ?._ Hwang-Ti, however, was not able to perpetuate this virtuous state. He fought with A/ih-yd* in the wild of Ko-lQ* till the blood flowed over a hundred lt. When Y4o and Shun arose, they instituted their crowd of ministers. Thang banished his lord. King Wa killed XAu. Since that time the strong have oppressed the weak, and the many tyrannised over the few. From Thang and Wf downwards, (the J 1 See note 2, p. 170. 2 Compare the description of this primeval time in Book X, par. 4. 5 Commonly spoken of as ‘the first rebel.’ See Mayers’s Manual, p. 36. _ * Perhaps in the present Péo-an X4u, department of Hsiian-hw4, Xib-li. 172 THE TEXTS OF TAOISM. BK XXIX, rulers) have all been promoters of disorder and confusion. You yourself now cultivate and inculcate the ways of Wan and Wd; you handle whatever subjects are anywhere discussed for the instruction of future ages. With your peculiar robe and narrow girdle, with your deceitful speech and hypocritical conduct, you delude the lords of the different states, and are seeking for riches and honours. There is no greater robber than you are ;—why does not all the world call you the Robber Aid, instead of styling me the Robber Aih? ‘You prevailed by your sweet speeches on 3ze-ld, and made him your follower; you made him put away his high cap, lay aside his long sword, and receive your instructions, so that all the world said, “ Khung 4id is able to arrest violence and repress the wrong-doer ;” but in the end, when 3ze-lf wished to slay the ruler of Wei, and the affair proved unsuccessful, his body was exhibited in pickle over the eastern gate of the capital ;—so did your teaching of him come to nothing.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
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