 | 1879 - 574 pages
...like the last, is assigned to the time of king Li. God has reversed (his usual course of procedure)1, And the lower people are full of distress. The words...sages, you think you have no guidance ; — You have no real sincerity. (Thus) your plans do not reach far, And I therefore strongly admonish you. Heaven is... | |
 | 1879 - 708 pages
...the wheat and the barley, Which God appointed for the nourishment of all." SAi King. IV. Bk. l (i) x. "God has reversed (his usual course of procedure), And the lower people are full of distress." Ibid. III. Bk. n. X. 17. THE SPIRITS OP THB JUST ARE IN HEAVEN. King Wan is on high; Oh , bright is... | |
 | G. G. Alexander - 1890 - 364 pages
...condition to which the people had been reduced by a series of calamities, these terms are used : — "God has reversed His usual course of procedure, and the lower people are full of distress. . . . Heaven is now sending down calamities. . . . Heaven is now displaying its anger ; " and, further... | |
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And the lower people are full of distress. The words which you utter are not right ; The plans which you form are not far-reaching. As there are not sages, you think you have no guidance ; — You have no real sincerity. (Thus) your plans do not reach... 