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Examination of Their Intertwining
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!1 Even if ignoble people have great wealth, they are overcome
by poor people of good lineage. By the roaring of a hungry tiger a
monkey is toppled from the heights of a tree.![102]
&'("#" = ignoble,!!"#$%&$ = wealth, !" = great,! (")*" =
even,! !"#$%&$ = good lineage,! !"#$%# = by!poor,!diminished,!
!"#$ = awesome,! !"#$ = by, !"#$ = suppressed,! !"#$%$ = hungry,!
!"# = tiger,! !" = of,! !"#$# = roaring,! !"# = by,! !"# = a
monkey,! !"# = a tree, !" = of,! !" = top, height,!+!" = from,!!"#
= toppled,!fell.!
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2 A fool’s qualities are broadcast by mouth, but the qualities
of the wise are hidden within. A stem of
grass floats on the water’s [surface], but a jewel placed on
water sinks down.
!"#$%# = a fool’s,!!"#$"# = good qualities, -." = on!the
mouth,!!"#$ = emerge,! !" = comma,!!"#$%&$ = of wise,!!"#$"# =
good!qualities,!!"#$# = inside,!!"# = hidden,! !"#$# = a straw,!!"
= water,!!" = of,!!"#$# = above,!on,!!"# = float,!!"#$# = a jewel,
!"#$#= on,! /01" = placed,!!"# = even,!!"#$ = sink.
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3 Those with minor talents have great pride; on becoming wise, a
person lives more modestly. A
little torrent is always unduly noisy, but how could the ocean
be loud?![104]
!"#$"# = talent,!learning, !!"# = small,!minor,!!"#$ =
plural!sign,!!"#$" = pride,! !" = big,!great,!'-!"#." = wise,!!"# =
become,!(" = when,!if,!!"#$%# = as tamed,! 1(!" = live,!remain,!
!"#$" = a!little torrent,!!"#$# = always,!!"#" = noisy,!!" =
big,!great,!!"#$" = the ocean,!!"#" = loud,!1"+" = how,!why,!!"#$ =
proclaim.
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!4 Low people despise virtuous people, but the virtuous do not
despise them in turn. The lion safeguards the fox-pack while the
foxes vie amongst themselves.![105]
!"#" = people,!!"#$%"&$ = low ones,!&'"#" =
virtuous!one,!+ = to, for,! !"#$%"# = despise,!!"# = do,!!" = like
a comma,!&'"#!" = the virtuous ones, !"# = do not,!!"#$%# = by
the!lion,!4" = fox,!!"#$ = group,!!"#$ = well,!!"# = safeguards,!
!" = like a comma,!!"#$" = a!fox alone,!4" = fox, !" = of, !"#$ =
the member, +" = to,!!"#$ = vie.
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!5 When you yield to a good person, even when he is angry, he
will become pacified. When you yield to
a base person, it makes him even more stubborn. Gold and silver,
though hard, can be melted, but melting a!dog’s ordure raises an
awful stench.![106]
&'"#" = good!one,!!!"# = angry,!!"# = even,!!"#$%$ =
when!one bows down, yields,! !" = pacify,! !"#$%"& = the base
ones,!!"#$%$ = when!one yields,!!"#$%# = especially!more,! !"# =
stubborn,!!"#$ = gold,!!"#$ = silver,!!" = hard,!)*" = though,!!"#
= be melted,! !"# = can,!able,!!" = like a comma,!!"#$" =
dog’s!ordure,!!"#$# = if melted,!!"! = stench,!odor,! *(" = bad,
awful,!!"#$ = emerges.
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!6 Wise people possess all virtues. Foolish people have only
faults. All needs emerge from jewels. All ills proceed from
poisonous serpents.![107]
'-!" = wise,!+" = in,!!"#$"# = virtues,!!"#$"# = possessing
all,!!" = like a comma,!!"# = fools,! +" = in,! !"#$% =
faults,!!"!#$%# = only,!!"# = are,!is,!!"#$#%# jewels,!+!"from,!
!"#$!%$ = all needs,!!"#$ = come, emerge,!!"# = snakes,!serpents,
!"!# = vicious,! +!" = from,!!" = emphasis,!!"# = faults,!ills,!!"#
= all,!!"# = proceed,!produced.
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!7 Sinful people degenerate though they dwell in the forest;
good people are disciplined though they dwell in the city. Beasts
of prey are wrathful in the forest, yet a fine horse lives a
disciplined life
in town.![108]
!"#$%# = a sinful one,!(1!" = forest,!(" = in,!1(!" = dwell,!!"#
= even,! 8'! = decline,!degenerate,!&'"#" = good one,!!"#$%$ =
in a village,!city,!1(!" = dwell, !"# = even,!!" =
disciplined,!(1!" = forest,!!" = of,!19("1:(!" =
carnivorous!beasts, !"#" = wrathful,!&*" = and,!!" =
horse,!!"#$ = good,!!"#$%&'$ = dwelling in a village or town,
!"#$%# = as tamed,!!"#$ = seen.
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8 Superior people look for their own flaws,!but wicked people
look for the faults of others. The peacock
examines its own body, but the owl sends out a bad omen to
others.![109]
!"#$% = superior people,!!"#$# = their own,!!"#$# = for flaws,!!
= look,!!"#" = people, *("#" = wicked,!!"#$%#$ = the faults of
others,!!"# = search,!!"#" = the peacock,! !"#$# = its own,!!"# =
body,!+" = for,!!"# = examines, !"#$# = owl,! 10("+" = to
others,!!"#$%# = a bad omen,! !"#$ = sends.
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! 9 Through discipline the virtuous preserve both self and
others; through stubbornness the wicked
cause both to suffer. Fruit-bearing trees guard themselves and
others, but a dry, brittle tree causes itself and others to burn.
[111]
&'"#" = virtuous!one,!!"#$%# = through discipline,!.*"10(" =
self and others,! !"# = preserve,!*("#" = bad one,!!"#$%#$ =
through stubbornness, !.*"10(" = self and others,!!"# =
to!suffer,!!"#$%&$ = fruit-bearing,!!"#$%# = tree,! .*"10(" =
self and others,!!"# = guard,!!"#$%# = !dry tree,! !"#$%#$ =
through brittleness,!.*"10(" = self and others,!!"# = burn.
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10 In good times, everybody is your kinsman; but in bad times,
everybody is your foe. People flock from afar to the jeweled isles,
but when a lake runs dry everybody leaves.* [111]
!"#$%&$ = of prospering, !"# = times,!(" = in,
>'!"9&" = all,!everybody,!!"#$ = kinsman, !"#$# = if,!!"#$#
= when!declined, !"# = all,! !"# = even,!!"# = enemy,!!"#$"# =
jewel,! !"# = island,!!" = to, in,!!"# = distance,!(!" = from,!!"#
= gather,!!"# = lake,! !"#$%&% = dried,!(" = when,!!"#$" =
anyone,!!"# = leaves,!abandons.
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11 Foolish people are happy when they get rich; good people
rejoice when they give everything away.
When lepers scratch they feel good, but wise people fear the
disease.![112]
!"#$# = fools, ?!"#$# = rich,!!"#$# = when!get,!!"# =
rejoice,!!"#$% = good people,! >'!"9&" =
all,!everything,!!"# = give away, (" = when,!!"# = feel
good,!!"#$%# = lepers,! !"#$%$ = when scratch, !"#!$# =
as!happiness,!!"#$ = hold,!'-!"#" = wise,! !"# = the
leprosy!disease,!+" = of, for,!to,!!"#$%&'% = as fear,!!"# =
think.
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12 Harm done to the great actually helps them, but harm done to
the inferior just hurts them. The wind
inflames a forest fire but extinguishes a small lamp. [113]
!"#" = to the great,!!"#$%#$ = harming,!!"#$%& =
as!assistance,!help,!!"#$ = become,! &'("+" = to the
inferior,!!"#$%#$ = harming,!1!"#$%# = as harmful,!!"# = become,
!"#$%$ = forest!fire,!!"#$%# = by wind, !"# = ignites, inflames,!
!"# = true,!!" = !comma,!!" = it, !"# = by,!!"#$# = lamp,!!"#$# =
small,!!"#$ = extinguishes.
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13 “This is a friend.!That is a foe.” Thus do small minds make
distinctions. Out of their love for all,
great-minded people realize no one knows who may be
helpful.![114]
!"# = this is,!!"#$ = a friend, !"# = this is,!!" =
emphasis,!!"#$# = a foe, !"# = end quote,! !"#$%"&'"()%" =
small-minded ones,!!"!#" = separately,!!"#$ = distinguish,! !"#$" =
great-minded one,!!"#$# = for all,! !"#$%$ = loves,!+" = to, for,!
!"#$%# = benefiting,!helpful,!!"#$%# = who would be,!!"#$# =
certainty,!!"# = no.
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14 One who possesses virtue delights in virtue, while those who
lack virtue do not. The honey bee
delights in flowers, but the flesh-eating fly is not like
that.![115]
!"#$"#%"#. = possessing!virtue,!!"#$"#%# = for virtue,!&1?"
= delight, love, !!" = like a comma,!!"#$"#%'()# = those who!lack
virtue,!!"# = do not,! !"#$# = honey,!!"#$%$ =
holder,!!"#$#%&'#(# = the!honey!bee,!!"#$" = flower,"+" = in,
&1? = delights in,!" = like a comma,!!"#$" = flesh-eating
fly,!!"#" = like that,!!"# = is not.
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15 A wise person looks beautiful among the wise—how could a sage
be understood by the foolish? See
how sandalwood more precious than gold was turned into charcoal
by a simpleton.*![116]
'-!"#" = wise,!!"#$%&$'($'$ = among the wise ones,!!"#$ =
beautiful,!shining,! !"#$%# = by!fools,!'-!"#" = a wise one,!!"#$"
= how,!!" = understood,! !"#$ = sandalwood,!!"#$ = gold,!/!" =
than,!!"#$#%# = more!precious, !"#$%# = by!a!foolish one,
simpleton,!!"#$%# = into charcoal,!!"# = turned,!made,!+" = to,!!"#
= look.
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16 Wise people know self-reflection, but foolish ones just
imitate celebrities. When an old dog
barks,!the!others go running for no reason.*![117]
'-!"#" = wise,!!"#$%# = himself/herself,!!"#!$ = judgment,!!"# =
know,! !" = like a comma,!!"#$# = foolish ones,!!"#$%&$ = of
celebrities,! !"#$#%&'# = follow,!imitate,!!" = dog, !!"# =
old,!!"#" = noise,!!"#$%$ = makes,! (" = when,!!"#$%" =
reason,!!"#$%# = without,!10("&1"" = others,!!"# = go
running.
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17 Even if wise people become very weak, they make others happy
by telling proverbs. But even if foolish ones get rich, they only
burn themselves and others with their quarreling.![118]
'-!"#" = wise,!!"#$# = very,!!"# = weak,!(")*" =
even!though,!!"#$%&'$ = good!saying,! 1@'" = story,!!"#$ =
through,!by,!10(" = others,!!"#$%!$ = make happy,!!"#$# = foolish
ones, !!"#$%#$ = as!rich,!!"# = get,!!" = when,!)*" = even,!!"#$# =
quarreling,! !"#$" = by!only,!.*"10(" = self and others,!!"# =
burn.
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18 Some think to!succeed by talking, but others strive
soundlessly toward their goals. A bad dog barks
loudly at an enemy, but the heron and the cat creep quietly
forward.![119]
!"#$" = some,!!"#$"# = by!talking,!!"#$%# = as succeeded,!!" =
consider, +"+" = others,! !"#" = do not talk,!!"#$# = for the
goals,!?/&" = strive,!!" = dog,!*(" = bad,!!"# = enemy,! +" =
at,!!"# = noise,!!"#$% = makes,!!" = like a comma,!!"#$" = the
heron, !"#" = the!cat,! !" = sound,!!"# = without,!?A/" =
creep!quietly.
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19 Good people may disagree with you, but they always help out;
even though wicked people seem
friendly, they harm!you. Even when the gods are angry, they
protect living beings, but the Lord of Death smiles as he slays
others.![120]
&'"#." = to the good one,!!"# = dispute,!)*" = even,!B("#" =
benefit,!!"# = do,! !"#" = people,!*("#" = wicked,!'C?" =
friendly,!)*" = even,!!"#$ = harm,! !"#$%" = the gods,!!"# =
angry,!!"# = even,!!"#$%&$ = living beings,!!"# = protect,!
!"#$%$ = the Lord of Death,!!"#$ = smiles,!)*" = even,!!"#$" =
others,!!"#$ = slays.
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20 The great person, like a jewel, never changes, But the wicked
person goes up and down like a
seesaw, even over petty things.![121]
!"#" = person,!&'"#" = good,!!"#$"# = jewel,!!"#$ =
like,!!"#$#%'# = always,! !"#$%&$ = change,!!"# = no,!!"#" =
people,!*("#" = bad,!!"#$% = a seesaw,! !"#$ = like,!!"#$%#
=!little,!pretty,!!"#$% = merely,!!"#$ = up, &'(" = down,!!"# =
do.
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21 Like-minded people are helpful even from afar; but unfriendly
people are distant even when they
live nearby. The mud-born lotus is not smeared by mire, but is
always nourished by the sun.![122]
!"#$%" = like-minded people,!!"#$# = in!far distance,!1(!" =
live,!dwell,!!"# = even,!B(" = helpful,! !"#$%" = unfriendly,!!"#"
= when close,!!"#$%# = especially,!!"#$ = separate,!distant,!
!"#$%&$ = mud-born (lotus),!?&'" = mud, mire,!!"#$ =
with,!!" = not,!!"# = smeared,! +" = and,!!"#$" = that one,!!"#$" =
by the sun, !"#$# = always,!!"# = nourish.
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22 As long as you are modest, learning becomes you like an
adornment. But when you lose modesty,
your learning becomes an accessory to increasing your bad
reputation.!123]
!"#$" = as long as,!!"#" = modesty,!!"#$."#" = existing,!!"#$" =
so long,!!"#$"# = learning,! !"# = an adornment,!!"# = of,!!"#$ =
best,!!"#" = modesty,!!"#$ = gone beyond,!(" = if, when, !"#$"#% =
that very learning,!!"#$%$ = as backing,!accessory,!!"# = done,!!"
= like, 1@'"*(" = a bad reputation,!!"#$ = increase.
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23 Superior people explain things without being prodded, but the
base reply perversely even when
they’re asked. The children of the Victor are loving even when
reviled, but worship the Lord of Death and he will still kill
you.![124]
&'"#" = superior!one,!'" = without,!!"#$ =
asked,!prodded,!!"#$%&$ = well,! !"# = explain,!&'(" = the
base,!+" = to,!!"# = asked,!!" = even though,! !"#$%# =
wrongly,!perversely,!!"# = reply, !"#$%# = of the Victor, !"# = the
children, i.e. the Bodhisattvas,!+" = to,!!"#$ =
revile,!despise,!!"# = even, !"# = loving,! !"#$% = the Lord of
Death,!!"#$ = worship,!!"# = though,!!"#$%$ = kill,!!"# = do.
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24 An action beneficial to one, may possibly be harmful to
others.
At moonrise the water lilies open, but the lotuses
close.![125]
!"!#$# = to!one,!B("#." = benefit,!!"#$%$ = becoming,!!" =
of,!!"#" = actions,!10("+" = to others,!!"#$%$ = harm,!!"# =
possible,!!"#" = the moon, D." = risen, (" = when, !"#"$" = water
lilies,!!"#$%" = bloom, open, !"#$ = to be, !"# = a comma, !"# =
lotus, !"# = close.
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25 You can gain your objectives through wrong-doing, but how
could wise people wish for that? A job
well done may have some flaws, but the wise find no shame in
that.![126]
!"#$# = fault,!flaw,!+!" = from,!!"# = though,!but,!!"# =
goal,!objectives,!!"#$# = gained,!accomplished,!!"# = happened,!)*"
= even,!but,!!"#$%!#$ = the!wise,!1"+" = how,! !"# = wish
for,!!"#$%&$ = well,!!"!#$ = performed,!accomplished,!!"# =
but,!!"# = flaw,!!"# = possible,!!"# = to be,!!"#" = in
that,!!"#$%!#$ = the wise,!!"#$# = shame, !"# = no.
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26 Some gains are profits but some gains are foes. A pregnant
mare increases wealth, but when a female
mule conceives, she dies.![127]
!"#$# = gains,!+"+" = some,!!"#$# = profits,!!" = like
comma,!!"#$# = gains,!+"+" = some,! !"#$# = foes,!!"# = are,!!"#$#
= mare,!!"#$%&$ = pregnant,!!"# = wealth,!!"#$ = increase,! !"#
= do,!!"#$# = female mule,!!"# = pregnant,!(" = if, when,!!"#$# =
death, !"# = receive.
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27 Superior people are hard to divide and easy to reconcile;
inferior people divide easily and are hard to
reunite. Consider the difference between cutting and joining
living trees and dry charcoal.![128]
&'"#" = superior!one,!!"# = to be divided, divide,!&E?"
= hard,!!"#$%$ = to!reconcile,! !" = easy,!&'("#" = inferior
one,!!"# = to be divided,!!" = easy,!!"#$% = to reconcile,!
&E?" = hard,!!"#$%# = living!tree,!&*" = and,!!" = a sound
to!fill the metric!line, !"#$# = charcoal,! !" = of,! /9&" =
cutting,!&*" = and,!!"#$%# = of joining,!!"#$%# =
difference,!!"# = see.
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28 Though you may become weak, if you take care, then even
powerful people will be hard pressed to
defeat you. If powerful people act recklessly, many of them are
overthrown by the weak.![129]
!"#$%# = weak,!!"# = became,!!"# = even,!!"# = care,!!"# =
take,!(" = if, when,! !"#$# = great!one,!!"# = by,!!"# =
even,!!"#$%&$ = to be!destroyed, &E?" = difficult, hard,
!!"#$# = great one,!!"# = were,!!"# = though,!!"#$!%# = if!one
becomes reckless,! !"#$%#&"'# = weak ones,!!"# = by,!!"1"#" =
destroyed,!'*" = many.
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Sayings, Ch. 4
!"#$%'("#)#*+,-#'./0 !"#$%#'#()*#+,#-./
!"#"$!%"&'"()"*%+",+- !"#$"%&"'"()&"*&"+&,* $
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29 If you are rich in property, your strength waxes; if you lack
property, your strength wanes. Once, a
rich mouse lost his ability to steal because his jewel
was!stolen.* [130]
!"# = property,!wealth,!!"#$ = with,!!"#$ = rich,!(" =
if,!when,!!"#$ = strength,!!"# = too,! !"#$ =
waxes,!increases,!!"#$%# = lack property,!+" = for, to, in, !"#$ =
strength,! !"# = too,!!"# = wanes, decreases,!!"#" = a
mouse,!!"#$%&$ = a rich,!!"# = jewel,!!"#$%#$ = by robbing,
!!"#$" = of stealing,!!"#$# = ability,!8'!" = lost,!!"# =
unquote!mark,!!"# = heard.
!"#$"%&'"()*"+",'"-. !"#$%#$'$()$*+$!,-$.!!/
!"#$%&'$(#$)*$+,'$-#$./ !"#"$%&$'$("$)$!*$+,"- $ 2=
30 For people who act with merit, riches fall like rain even
when they give things away. But, even
though wealth can be amassed without merit, consider—who spends
it?![131]
!" = people,!1*" = who,!!"#$%&'$ = merit,!+" = for,!!"#$# =
act, practice,! /@*" = given!to,! )*" = even,!!"#$%&$ =
riches,! F." = rain,!!"#$ = like,!?//" = fall, !"#$%&'$(#$)*$ =
of meritless people, !"#$%&$'$ = the wealth,!/!1!" = amassed,
accumulated, !"# = even,!!"#$" = who,!by!whom,! :"/." = to!eat,
!!"#$ = think.
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Sayings, Ch. 4
!"#$#%#&'#(!#)*#+,#- !"#"#$%"&"'(")"*+,"-
!"#$%$$'($)!$*+$#, !"#$#%&'#(#!')#%"#*+", $ 2%
31 Virtuous people sometimes grow weak, but they continue to wax
like the moon. Once petty people
grow weak, they darken like a dying lamp.![131]
&'"#" = good one,!!"#$" = sometimes,! !"# = weak,! !"# =
be,! !"# = even, but, ! !"#" = moon, !"#$%$ = like, !"#$# = to
wax,!going up,!!"#$ = happen, &'("#" = petty one,! !"#$%# = one
time,!once,!!"#$%# = when become weak,!!"#$# = oil lamp, !"#$%$ =
like,!'(+"/." = dying,!!"#$ = to!be.
!"#$%#&'#(#)*#+,-"#."/ !"#$!%$&'$($&)*$+$,&-
!"#$%#"'#'(#)*#+*, !"#$%$&'$($#)!$*$+%, $ 2,
32 Intelligent people, by assessing their foe, control their
enemy in the end; but, cowards, by taking
revenge on their foes, find unending difficulties.![133]
!"#$%# = intelligent,!!"# = foe,!+" = at,!!"# =
eye,!!"#$%&$% = by!applying,! '>?"'." = in the end,!!"#$# =
enemy,!!"#$%$&!$ = control,!!"#$%# = cowards,! !"#$# =
to!foe,!+(" = revenge,!response, !"#$"# = by!doing,!&E?"/" =
difficulty,! !"#$#%&'#(# = unending,!!"# = find.
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Sayings, Ch. 4
!"#$%$&'$($)!$*$+,- !"#$%#$&'($"$)*&$+!#$,"-
!"#$%#'()#)*+#,-#./ !"#$"%&'"(")"#"*'+ $ 22
33 When wise people draw back from a very fearful place, it is
merely a mark of their courage. See how
the lion, when slaying a fine bull, evades the horns. How could
this possibly be timidity? [134]
'-!"#" = wise,!!"#$# = very,!!"#$#% =
of!fearful,!dangerous,!1(!" = place,! +!" = from,!!"#$ = draw
back,!(" = if,!?" = heroic,!!"#$ = mark,!!"# = is, !"#$%# =
lion,!!"#$%" = a fine bull,!!"#$%&$ = of slaying,!!" = when,!!"
= the!horn,! +!" = from,!!"#$%$ = draw back,!evade,!1"+" = how
could this be,!!"# = timid.
!"#$#%'#(#)*+)#$,- !"#$#%&'#(#)*#+,-#.*/
!"#$%#&'#(#)*+,#-#.,/ !"#$#%&'#()#'*+#',#-$ $ 23
34 At!any time, to leap at a foe without reflection is the mark
of a fool. What would be heroic about
insects contending against the lamp’s light?![135]
!"#$#%'# = at!any time,!!" = not, without, !"#!$%&$ =
judging,!reflection,!!"## = foe,!+" = at,!on,!!"#$%$ = to
leap,!jump,!!"# = fool,!!"#$ = sign,!mark, !"# = is,!!"#$%# = of
lamp,!!"# = light,!+" = against,!!"#$%&% = fight,!!" =
by,!!"#$# = insects,!?"/." = as hero,!!"#$!%$ = would be,!!" =
what?
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!"#$#%!#&"#'(#$%#)*+,- !"#$#%'#()*#$#+, !"#$#%'"#()#()#(*
!"#$#%"#'(#)*%#+"#, $ 25
35 The wicked destroy particularly their own place of support,
but the virtuous protect whatever they
rely on; a worm nibbles its support until it is devoured, but
the lion defends its own realm.![136]
*("#" = wicked,!.*" = own,!!"# = place of support,!!"#$%# =
particularly,!!"#$% = destroy, &'"#" = virtuous!one,!1*"
=what!which,!+" = upon, !"#$%$ = relying,!!"# = protect,! !"#$# =
worm,!.*" = own,!!"# = base, :&":&" = until!finished,!:" =
eat,!!"#$# = the!lion,! !"#$# = own, !"#$% =
surroundings,!environment,!!"# = protect,!guard.
!"#$%"&$!'&$($)*$+$,&*$-
!"#$%&"$%&"$'$(%$')$*+ !"#$#!%'!#(&)#*#+,-.
!"#$%&"$'!$($))$*#$+#$, $ 26
36 Inferior people are secretive for trifling purposes, but
needlessly reveal what should be kept quiet; superior people do not
conceal things unnecessarily, but guard essential secrets even at
the!risk of their lives.![137]
!"#$%"&$ = the!inferior ones, !"#$%$ = necessity,! !"#$# =
small,!1!*" = keep secret,! !"#$%&"$ = need to be secret,
!"#$%$&!$%'$ = unnecessarily,!!" = speak, declare,! &'"#" =
the superior one,!!"#$%!$ = needless,!1!*" = secret,!!" = not,!!"#$
= will be, !"#$%&"$ = necessary secret,!!"## = life,!+" = upon,
//" = falling,!!"# = even,!!"# = guard.
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Sayings, Ch. 4
!"#$%$&'($#$)*+$%,$-. !"#$#%&'#(#)*#+,#-.
!"#$"%&'$"(")*$"+$",-./ !"#$#%&"'#(#)*#)+#,-. $ 27
37 When an inferior one gets rich, it becomes a source of
arrogance; when a virtuous one gets rich, it
becomes a source of discipline. A fox is overwhelmed with pride
if its belly is full, but a satisfied lion sleeps
happily.![138]
&'("#" = inferior!one,!!"#$ = get rich,!( =
if,!when,!!"#$%&$ = of arrogance,!!" = a source,!a cause,
&'"#" = the virtuous one,!!"#$ = prosperous,!(" = if,
when,!!"#$%# = of discipline,!!" = a cause, !"#$" = fox,!!"#$% =
belly is full,!(" = if,!when,!!"#$%#$ = by being arrogant,!!"#$ =
overwhelmed,!!"#$# = the lion, !"#$% = belly is full,!(" = if,
when, !"#!$# = happily,!8+" = sleep.
!"#$#!%#!"'#$#() !"#$#%&'#(#)*'#$+#,%'-
!"#$#%#&'#()#$#*"#+ !!"#"$%"&'(")*)"+",-./ $ 2;
38 The conduct of both superior and base persons is by the force
of habit. You don’t need to teach a
bee to seek flowers or a goose to enter the water.![139]
&'"#" = the!superior!one, &*" = and, !" = emphatic,
&'("#" = base one, !" = of, !"#$# = conduct, !"!"E" = both,
!"#$%&$ = of habit, !"#$ = strength, !"#$# = a bee, !"#$" =
flowers, !"#$# = search, &*" = and, **"#" = a goose, !"# = into
water, !"#$ = to enter, !"!# = to teach, !" = what, !"#$ =
need?
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!"#$%#&'#&$#()*#%+ !"#$#%&!#'#()#*+#,-).
!"#$#%'(#)"#*#+,+- !"#$%#&''(#)#&*#+#,%- $ 2<
39 If a wicked king meets an adversary, he punishes his own
retinue; some foolish ones, who did not
succeed in their aims, suffocated themselves and
perished.![140]
!"#*(" = wicked king,!!"# = adversary,!foe,!&*" =
to,!with,!!"#$%$ = meet,!(" = if, when,! !"#$# = his!own,!!"#$ =
retinue,!+" = to,!!"#$%#&'"# = punish,!!"# = goal,!'" = not,
!!"#$%# = succeeded,!!"#$# = foolish ones, ?1?" = some,!!"#$%# =
themselves,! ?11!" = suffocated,!!" = comma, !"#$# = die,
perish,!!"# = there is.
!"#$%#&'#&(#)*+#,- !"#$%#&'%#(#)*+#$#,-
!"#$"%"&"'(")*"+, !"#"$%&"'"("')"*+), $ 3=
40 When a righteous king encounters a foe, he shows love for his
subjects. A mother’s worry arises
especially for her sick child.![141]
!"#$%# = a righteous king, !"## = foe,!&* = to, with, !"#$%$
= encounters,!(" = if, when, !"#$%# = especially, !"#$ =
retinue,!subjects,!+" = for,!!"#$%$ = love,!!" = rises,!!"#$" =
sick, !" = son,!+" = for,!!"#$%# = especially,!'" = a mother,!!" =
emphatic,!!"#$%$ = worry,! !"#$" = risen,!!"#$ = would be.
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!"#$%&'&('&)*&+'&,&!-./
!"#$%&%'%()%*+%,- !"#$%"&'(")"'"*%"!"#$ $ 3%
41 When virtuous people associate with wicked people, they
become affected by vice. When the sweet
water of the Ganges reaches the oceans, it turns into
brine.![141]
!"#" = people,!&'"#" = virtuous, *("#" = wicked,!&*" =
with, !"#$%" = associate,!(" = when if, !"#$%# = of vice, by vice,!
!"#$" = as affected,!!"#" = would be, !"#$ = of the Ganges,! !" =
water,!!" = emphatic,!!"#$%# = very!sweet, !"#$%" = to ocean,!!"#$
= reached,! (" = when, if,! !"#$" = as salty,!brine, !!"#$ = turns
into, becomes.
!"#$%&$'$($")*$+,#$#- !"#"$%"&'"($"&")*+",
!"#$"%&$"'("&)"*&"+, !"#$"%"&'"()*"+",-. $ 3,
42 When a lowly person serves a good person, they develop the
ways of the virtuous. Observe how a
musky sweet fragrance comes from people anointed with
musk.![142]
&'("#!" = by a lowly one,!!"#" = person,!!"#$ = good,!!"#$ =
serve,!(" = if, when,! !"#" = person,!!"#$%# = of good one,!!"#$# =
conduct,!ways,!!"#$ = develop,! !"#$" = with musk, !!"#$%&$ =
anointed,!1*":1" = person, +" = in,!!"#$" = of musk,! !"#$" = sweet
smell,!!"#$ = emerge,!come,!+" = for, to,!!"# = observe.
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Sayings, Ch. 4
!"#$#%'(#)#*+,#-. !"#$%"#&'"(&")%"*"#+%,
!"#$%#&"#'(#)*#$#+,- !"#$%&$'!$%$()*$+,$-. $ 32
43 The great-hearted person is as firm as the immovable Mount
Sumeru. The behaviour of petty
people varies greatly, like cotton shifted about by the most
trifling things.*![142]
!"#$# = Mount Sumeru,!!"#$%# = in any!case,!no matter what, !" =
not,!!"#$%$ = move, shake, !"#$%" = similarly, !"#$%"$ =
hearted!person,!!"#$# = great,!!"#$ = firm,!!"#$%# = cotton, !"#$%#
= by small,!!"#$# = shifted,!moved,!!"# = like,!!"#$%&$ = of a
petty person,! !&"#" = behaviour,!!"#$%&$ = changes,!!" =
great.
!"#$%&$'()$%$*+$,$-.$"/&$0#1
!"#$%$&'($)$*+!!"#$#%'#"(#')*!$
Fourth Chapter
Treasury of the Jewels of!Good!Sayings Examination of Their
Intertwining