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-_', :_ :_ _ :F. King T'ai (of Chou) had three sons,
the eldest T'ai Po, the next Chung ¥ung, the next Chi Li.
In King T'ai's days the influence of the Shang dynasty was
gradually decaying, while that of Chou was daily increasing.
Chi Li had a son, Ch'ang (_), of sagelike character.
King T'ai conceived the idea of cutting off the Shang
dynasty, but T'ai Po was unwilling, which led the king to
desire to pass on his throne through Chi Li to Ch'ang.
T'ai Po, becoming aware of this, fled with his brother
Chung Yung to the southern barbarians, whereupon the
king appointed Chi Li to the succession. In the days of
Ch'ang, (i. e. WSn Wang) the Empire was divided into
,hree parts, two of which were for King W_n, and when
he died, his son Fa succeeded, overthrew Shang, and
leigned over the Empire as King Wu. L ....... to have
reached the highest point of virtuous action. Thrice
he declined the Empire, and the people in ignorance
of t_is motives could not express their approbation of his
conduct. Z. summae vil-tutis sane. Iterum iterumque
imperium cessit, et populo nec datum ut laudibus celebraret.
K ....... of the highest moral greatness. He three
times refused the government of the Empire ; although the
world, not knowing this, does not speak much of him.
Couv ....... un homme d'une vertu tr_s parfaite. I1 a cfid_
r_solfiment _l'empire, et il n'a pas laiss_ au peuple la possibilit_
de c61ebrer son dfisint_rressement.
CHAPTER II.--BREEDING TELLS, AND CttARI-
TY BEGINS AT HOME.--x. C. _. i_: _ _1_ Aspect
of fear, nervousness. _ _ _ _, Urgency, insistence.
Ji_ 1t1| _t_ I1_ 2_, Unregulated and unpolished. The
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