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VOLUME IX.<br />

BOOK XVIIL<br />

CONCERNING ANCIENT WORTHIES.<br />

CONTENTS.--This short book of eleven chapters<br />

treats of certain ancient worthies, and their attitude towards<br />

the rulers of _e day.<br />

CHAPTER I.--PERSECUTED FOR RIGHTEOUS-<br />

NESS' SAKE.--1. The period was that of the tyrant _4_,<br />

the last of the Yin Emperors B.C. I _ 53-I 122. Wei Tzfi<br />

was his stepbrother by a concubine. Chi Tzfi and Pi Kan<br />

werehis uncles. C. _ _-_[ :_, Names of two<br />

small states, both referred to modern Shaasi, _ being<br />

_][., in _ _ _, and _._ being _ _ /_., in _ _Vdo<br />

:]:,, _: _.L, The fourth grade of nobility, viscount.<br />

Wei Tz_ _ _ "_t _[_ _ _A _- _, _ seeing<br />

Chou's lawlessness withdrew, to preserve the ancestral<br />

sacrifices, i.e. lineage. Chi Tz_ and Pi Kan both frequently<br />

remonstrated with Chou in. yah1. _ Pi Kan _a_.s put barbarously<br />

to death, the tyrant having his heart torn out, that<br />

he might see a sage's heart! Chi Tzfi was imprisoned and<br />

only escaped death by feigning madness, and acting as fool<br />

for his nephew.

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