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*5. Chap. I. Hsing-ou [OMITTED] (On Chance and Luck).

Happiness and misfortune are not the outcome of man's good
or bad actions, but chance and luck. Some have good luck, others
bad. Good and bad fortune are not distributed in a just way,
according to worth, but are mere chance. This is true of man
as well as of other beings. Even Sages are often visited with
misfortune.