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In summer, Mow-e of Keu came a fugitive [to Loo], giving In autumn, in the seventh month, the duke arrived from On Mow-shin, Shuh Kung led a force, and defeated an army 7 The earl of Ts'in died. 8 In winter, the viscount of Ts'oo, the marquises of Ts'ae and Chin, the viscounts of Tun and Shin, an officer of Seu, and an officer of Yueh, invaded Woo. Par. 1. See the account of the formation of the 3d or army of the centre under IX. xi. 1. The Chuen here says: 'The disbanding of the army of the centre was to reduce [still] lower the ducal House. The disbanding was [proposed] at the house of the She family, and determined on at that of the Tsang. ‘Formerly, when the army of the centre was first constituted, the ducal House was [as it were] divided into three parts, each [of the three families] having one of them. The Ke family took to itself all the men and contributions of its part. The Shuh-sun made [only] the sons and younger brothers of its part to be its subjects. The Măng took the one half. When they [now]disbanded that army, they divided [the | prerogative of] the ducal House into four parts, of which the [head of the] Ke family took two, and each of the other ministers one; but they all took the entire control of the men and their contributions, paying [only] a tribute to the duke. They gave a notice to Too Sëeh, and | required him to announce it to [Muh-tsze in] his coffin, to this effect, “ You did desire the | | | disbanding of the middle army. We have disbanded it, and therefore announce the thing to you." Too Sëeh said, “ But my master did not wish the army to be disbanded, and therefore he insisted on the covenant at the gate of He's temple, and the imprecations in the street of Woo-foo (See on IX. xi. 1)." He then took the notice, and threw it on the ground, led [to the coffin] the officers [of Muh-tsze], and wept over it.. 6 Shuh-chung-tsze said to Ke-sun," I received a charge from my father Shuh-sun, that, in burying a minister] who had not died a natural death from age, the coffin should be taken from the western gate [of the court.]" Ke-sun gave orders accordingly to Too Sëeh; but that officer said, "The coffin of a minister, according to the rules of Loo, is taken from [the principal gate of] the court. The government of the State is in your hands, but you have not changed this rule. If we notwithstanding [now] depart from it, we are afraid of dying [for it], and dare not follow your order." When the funeral was over, Sëech went away. [Soon after,] Chung [-jin, the second son of Muh-tsze by his Ts'e wife], arrived from Ts'e (See the Chuen at the end of last year), and Kesun proposed to appoint him in his father's place. Nan E, however, said to him, "The stronger the Shuh-sun, the weaker the Ke-sun. You had better simply take no knowledge of the disorder in that family." At the same time Nan E made the people of the State assist New in an attack in the open space before the grand arsenal on Chung, who received an arrow in one of his eyes from the superintendent of the palace, and died. New then took 30 towns in the eastern borders, [belonging to the Shuh-sun], and gave them to Nan E. 'Ch'aou-tsze [finally] succeeded to his father's place, when he gave audience to all the members of his clan, and said. "The waiting boy New has done evil to the House of Shuh-sun, and thrown into confusion the grand [principle of] natural order. Having put to death the children by the wife, and secured the succession to the son of a concubine, he has gone on to distribute its towns, that he might thereby get forgiveness for his offences. His crimes could not be more heinous, and we must quickly put him to death." New got frightened, and fled to Ts'e, where he was killed, outside the gate between the two States, by the sons of Măng and Chung, who threw his head into a thorn tree near Ning-fung. Chung-ne said, "The conduct of Shuh-sun Ch'aou-tsze in not being influenced by services done to himself is what [few] could attain to." [The historiographer] Chow Jin has said, "The administrator of government does not reward services done to himself, nor does he punish his private wrongs." As the ode (She, III. iii. ode II. 2) says, "To an evident virtuous conduct All States render their homage!" 'At an earlier period, on the birth of Muhtsze, [his father] Chwang-shuh, consulted the Chow Yih by the reeds about him, and got the diagram Ming-e(), which then became Keen;). He showed this to the diviner Ts'oo Kew, who said, "This [son] will have to leave [the State], but he will return and offer the sacrifices to you. The entrance of a slanderer, of the name of New, will be sufficient to make him die of starvation. [The diagram] Ming-e relates to the sun. The solar numbers are 10. Hence there are 10 periods in the day, which correspond also to the ten ranks. Reckoning from the king downwards, the rank of duke is the 2d, and that of minister is the 3d. The highest point of the day is when the sun is in the meridian. When it is meal time, that represents the 2d rank; and early dawn represents the third. Ming-e's becoming Keen represents brightness, but that which is not yet fully developed,-corresponding, we may presume, to the early dawn. Therefore I say, [this child will be minister and] offer the sacrifices for you. [The diagram for] the sun's becoming K'een has its correspondency in a bird. Hence we read (On the lowest line of the diagram Ming-e), The brightness is injured in its flight.' And as the brightness is not fully developed, we read, 'It droops its wings.' There is an emblem of the movement of the sun, and hence we read, The superior man goes away.' This happens with the third rank, in the early dawn, and hence we read, "Three days he does not eat.' —, the lower half of Ming-e) the lower half of ""[Again] Le represents fire, aud Kin Keen) represents a hill. Le is fire; fire burns the hill, and the hill is destroyed. But applied to men, [Kin] denotes speech, and destroying speech is slander. Hence we read, He goes speech. That speech must be slander. In [the whither he would; and to him, the lord, there is diagram of] the double Le ) there is [mention made of] a cow. The age is in disorder and slander overcomes; the overcoming goes on to dismemberment; and therefore I say, "His name will be New (4-bull or cow).' Keen denotes insufficiency. The flight is not high. Descending from on high, the wings do not reach far. Hence, while I say that this child will be your successor, yet you are the second minister, and he will fall somewhat short of your dignity."" Par. 2. The Chuen says:-The viscount of Ts'oo, considering that K'ëuh Shin was disaffected and leant towards Woo, put him to death. He then made K'euh Săng the Moh-gaou, and sent him, along with the chief minister, Tszetang, to Tsin to meet his bride. As they passed by [the capital of ] Ching, the earl sent to pay the compliments of the journey to Tszetang at Fan, and to K'ëuh Săng at Too-she. The marquis of Tsin escorted his daughter to Hing-kew, where the earl of Ching had an interview with him, with the attendance and under the direction of Tsze-ch'an.' Par. 3. The Chuen says:-The duke went to Tsin; and from his reception in the suburbs to the gifts at his departure, he did not fail in any point of ceremony. The marquis of Tsin said to Joo Shuh-ts'e, "Is not the marquis of marquis of Loo know propriety?" was the Loo good at propriety?" "How does the reply. "Wherefore [do you say so]?" asked the marquis. "Considering that, from his reception in the suburbs to the gifts at his departure, he did not err in a single point, why should you say that he does not know propriety?" "That was deportment" said Shuh-ts'e, "and should not be called propriety. Propriety is that by which [a ruler] maintains his State, carries out his governmental orders, and does not lose his people. Now the government [of Loo] is ordered by the [three great] clans, and he cannot take it [from them]. There is Tsze-kea Ke, (A descendant of duke Chwang, called elsewhere Tszekëa E-pih) and he is not able to employ him. He violates the covenants of our great State, and exercises oppression on the small State [of Keu]. He makes his gain of the distresses of others, and is ignorant of his own. The [patrimony] of his House is divided into four parts, and [like one of] the people he gets his food from others. No one thinks of him, or takes any consideration for his future. The ruler of a State, calamity will come upon him, and he has no regard to what is proper for him to do. The beginning and end of his propriety should be in these matters and in small particulars he practises deportment, as if that were all-important:is it not far from correct to say that he is well acquainted with propriety?" |