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THE TEXTS OF TÂOISM.
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BK. XXI.
BOOK XXI.
Part II. SECTION XIV.
Thien Zze-fang? 1. Thien Zze-fang, sitting in attendance on the marquis Wăn of Wei?, often quoted (with approbation) the words of Khi Kungs. The marquis said, Is Khi Kung your preceptor ?' Zze-fang replied, No. He only belongs to the same neighbourhood. In speaking about the Tâo, his views are often correct, and therefore I quote them as I do.' The marquis went on, ‘Then have you no preceptor?' 'I have.' 'And who is he?' He is Tung-kwo Shun-zze 4.' 'And why, my Master, have I never heard you quote his words ?' Zze-fang replied, 'He is a man who satisfies the true (ideal of humanity)5; a man in appearance, but (having the mind of) Heaven. Void of any thought of himself, he accommodates himself to others, and nourishes the true ideal that belongs to him. With all his purity, he is forbearing to others. Where they are without the Tâo, he rectifies his demeanour, so that they understand it, and in consequence their own ideas melt
1 See vol. xxxix, pp. 151, 152.
? B.C. 424-387. s Some well-known worthy of Wei.
* A greater worthy still. He must have lived near the outside suburban wall of the capital, and his residence became a sort of surname.
The Human and the Heavenly were blended in his personality.
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