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There is a traditional saying: "He who is content with his lot


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and nourishes his vitality need not wait to collect and garner to
be rich." He whose name is spread in the world is eminent not
only after he has a position of power. As moral power and i
permeate him inside, there is nothing he need seek outside. How
true it is that the sage does not try to get fame and profit from
the world. The Ode says,[1]

He hates none; he covets nothing;—
What does he which is not good?
 
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Shih 52 No. 33/4.