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Updated: May 3, 2025
It floats about, that boat of cypress wood, There by the side of the Ho. With his two tufts of hair falling over his forehead, He was my only one; And I swear that till death I will not do the evil thing. O mother, O Heaven, Why will you not understand me? THE KUeN-DZE KIEH LAO.
"It is true," said Mencius, "for it is so written in the 'Shu King. But if a sovereign acts as Kieh did he is no longer a sovereign but a robber, and to be dealt with as such. And if a ruler is, like Kau-hsin, the enemy of his people, he is no longer their ruler, and therefore to be put out of the way, and how better than by death?"
"We must be able to govern the family before we can rule a state." What means this? If a man fails to teach the members of his own family to be obedient and loyal to their head, how can he train a nation to be united, obedient, and loyal? Yas and Shun ruled with love, and the people became loving. Kieh and Kau ruled with violence, and the people became violent.
The root, with its three shoots, Could make no progress, no growth . The nine regions were effectually secured by Thang. By 'the root' we are to understand Thang's chief opponent, Kieh, the last king of Hsia. The concluding lines indicate that the temple was made on the occasion which I thus assign to it.
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