Sacred Books of the East Vol. 40 - Taoism Vol. 2

{fn. 2. B.C. 424-387.} {fn. 3. Some well-known worthy of Wei.} {fn. 4. A greater worthy still. He must have lived near the outside suburban wall of the capital, and his residence became a sort of surname.} {fn. 5. The Human and the Heavenly were blended in his personality.} {p. 43} away and disappear. How should one like me be fit to quote his words?' When Dze-fang went out, the marquis Wän continued in a state of dumb amazement all the day. He then called Lung Lî-khin, and said to him, 'How far removed from us is the superior man of complete virtue! Formerly I thought the words of the sages and wise men, and the practice of benevolence and righteousness, to be the utmost we could reach to. Since I have heard about the preceptor of Dze-fang, my body is all unstrung, and I do not wish to move, and my mouth is closed up, and I do not wish to speak;--what I have learned has been only a counterfeit of the truth{fr. 1}. Yes, (the possession of Wei) has been an entanglement to me.' 2. Wän-po Hsüeh-dze{fr. 2}, on his way to Khï, stayed some time in Lû, where some persons of the state begged to have an interview with him. He refused them, saying, 'I have heard that the superior men of these Middle States{fr. 3} understand the (subjects of) ceremony and righteousness, but are deplorably ignorant of the minds of men. I do not wish to see them.' He went on to Khî; and on his way back (to the south), he again stayed in Lû, when the same persons begged as before for an interview. He then said, 'Formerly they asked to see me, and now again they seek an interview. They will afford me