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*21. Chap. II. Huo-hsü [OMITTED] (Wrong Notions on Unhappiness).

The common belief that Heaven and Earth and the spirits
punish the wicked and visit them with misfortune, is erroneous,
as shown by examples of virtuous men, who were unlucky, and
of wicked, who flourished. All this is the result of chance and
luck, fate and time.