beginning to end, and said "Looking back on what I have gone through, involuntarily my heart throbs and a perspiration breaks out. That, in the dangers I encountered on foot or otherwise, I did not spare this body, is because I devoted my energies wholly to this one object; therefore I risked my life in places where there was no certainty of escape, in order to accomplish even a fraction of what I hoped for." Thereupon I was much affected, and sighing (said), "This kind of man is rarely seen. From the time that the Great Teaching[1] began to flow eastwards, there has been no one forgetful of his life in the cause of religion to be compared with Fa Hsien." Then I knew that sincerity never fails to move (the gods); for if it had not (moved them in the present instance), then Fa Hsien would not have received the reward for his exertions. There cannot be good service without success, and the man who brings his labours to a successful issue—is he not the man who neglects that which is generally prized,[2] and values that which is generally neglected?[3]
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