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

{fn. 1. A very important statement with regard to the meaning of the name Tâo.} {file "Book XXVI. Wâi Wû, or 'What comes from Without.'"} {p. 131} BOOK XXVI. PART III. SECTION IV. Wâi Wû, or 'What comes from Without{fr. 1}.' 1. What comes from without cannot be determined beforehand. So it was that Lung-fäng{fr. 2} was killed; Pî-kan immolated; and the count of Kî (made to feign himself) mad, (while) O-lâi died{fr. 3}, and Kieh and Kâu both perished. Rulers all wish their ministers to be faithful, but that faithfulness may not secure their confidence; hence Wû Yün became a wanderer along the Kiang{fr. 4}, and Khang Hung died in Shû, where (the people) preserved his blood for three years, when it became changed into green jade{fr. 5}. Parents all wish their sons to be filial, but that filial duty may not secure their love; hence {fn. 1. See Vol. xxxix, p. 155.} {fn. 2. The name of Kwan Lung-fang, a great officer of Kieh, the tyrant of Hsü;--see Bk. IV, par. 1, et al.} {fn. 3. A scion of the line of Khin whose fortunes culminated in Shih Hwang-Tî. O-lâi assisted the tyrant of Shang, and was put to death by king Wû of Kâu.} {fn. 4. The famous Wû Dze-hsü, the hero of Revenge, who made his escape along the Kiang, in about B.C. 512, to Wû, after the murder of his father and elder brother by the king of Khû.} {fn. 5. See Bk. X, par. 2. In the Zo-kwan, under the third year of duke Âi, it is related that the people of Kâu killed Khang Hung; but nothing is said of this being done in Shû, or of his blood turning to green jade! This we owe to the Khun Khiû of Lü.}