Section III. The Decade of Min Yü Hsiao Tzŭ: III. Ching Chih

III The Ching Chih; narrative. The young king shows his sense of what was required of him to preserve the favor of Heaven, a constant judge; intimates his good purposes; and asks the help of his ministers to be enabled to fulfill them. With reverence I will go Where duty's path is plain. Heaven's will I clearly know; Its favor to retain p. 453 Is hard. Let me not say Heaven is remote on high, Nor notices men's way. There in the starlit sky It round about us moves, Inspecting all we do, And daily disapproves What is not just and true. Only a child am I. Treading in duty's way, With effort vain I try Due reverence to display. Each day throughout the year, How slight the progress seems! But to the vision clear I'll pass from broken gleams. Aid then my feeble youth To bear the heavy crown. Teach me the right and truth Through all my life to own.