HE YU TSE. 1250 B. C. ON FAME E who renounces fame has no sorrow. Fame is the follower of reality. Now, however, as people pursue fame with such frenzy, does it not really come of itself if it is disregarded? At present fame means honor and regard. Lack of fame brings humbleness and disgrace. Again, ease and pleasure follow upon honor and regard. Sorrow and grief are contrary to human nature; ease and pleasure are in accord with it. These things have reality. TSE-CHAN. 550 B.C. SUBLIMITY OF RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT in which man is superior to beasts and birds is his mental faculties. Through them he gets righteousness and propriety, and so glory and rank fall to his share. You are only moved by what excites your sense, and indulge only in licentious desires, endangering your lives and natures. Hear my words. Repent in the morning, and in the evening you will have already gained the wage that will support you. 152 THE POETRY OF THE CHINESE SSÜ-K'UNG T'U, A.D. 834-908 FREIGHTED with eternal principles Athwart the night's void, Where cloud masses darken, And the wind blows ceaselessly around, Beyond the range of conceptions And there hold fast without violence, Like a water-wheel awhirl, Like the rolling of a pearl; To fools, the final state. The earth's great axis spinning on, Let us resolve their Whence and Why, |