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CHAPTER IX Han shih wai chuan | ||
14[1]
Traditionally, when the superior man hears of the Way, he lets
it enter his ears and treasures it up in his heart. He illumines
it with jên and protects it with sincerity. He puts it into practice
according to i, and delivers it with complaisance. As a result
none listens to him but with a receptive mind.
When the mean man hears of the Way, he lets it enter his ears
put to a perverted use. It is comparable to eating to repletion
and then vomiting. Not only is that of no benefit to the body,
but this also impairs the mind.[2]
The Ode says,[3]
How can he get his mind settled?
This differs considerably from Hsün-tzŭ 1.8b: "In learning the superior man lets
it enter his ears and appear in his heart, spread through his four limbs and take form
in his activity. One of his least words, of his slightest movements, can be taken as a
rule. The mean man, however, in learning lets it enter his ear and ejects it through
his mouth. Between mouth and ears there is only four inches. How can that suffice
to ameliorate a body of seven ch`ih?" [OMITTED],
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CHAPTER IX Han shih wai chuan | ||