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(deprived of their accustomed pleasures) ;———it isfor Q iiii cii·i me to comfort your lordship, what occasion have ‘ ii ~ you to comfort me?, T he marquis looked con- “ I temptuous, and made no reply. <;‘ui After a little time, Hsu Wu-kwei said, ‘ Let me tell I I your lordship something :——e-I look at dogs and judge eif in iiyi I of them by their appearance I. One of the lowest herlui quality seizes his food, stiates himself and stops; yice e ——he has the attributes of a fox. One of a medium r<“f ui ceiey I quality seems to be looking at the sun. One of the fi i»,igi, “ highest quality seems to have forgotten the one thing, —-—-himself But I judge still better of horses than I do ,i‘fi , s,‘i I of dogs. Vlfhen I do so, I find that one goes straight- , forward, as if following a line; that another turns ,c, off, so as to describe a hook; that a third describes a yiurisi Y I square as if following the measure so called ; and that jciec a fourth describes a circle as exactly as a compass ii‘,i srii I wouldmake it. These are all horses of a state; but I ,iyii,c,,‘ “ e they are not equal to a horse of the kingdom. His »is,f Q- qualities are complete. Now he looks anxious; now slii, iise I I I tobe losing the way; now to be forgetting himself jiiiip j Such a horse prances along, or rushes on, spurning
Q?QSj¥Y[?]{ iy“@ < the dust and not knowing where he is.’ The marquis
¢iif~iftei 3 ir,» was greatly pleased and laughed. J ; `When Hsu W€1—kwei came out, Nu Shang said to I him, ‘ How was it, Sir, that you by your counsels i<,t i I l produced such an effect on our ruler? In my coun-
if ;i,i I e if nleir sellings of him, now indirectly, taking my subjects
eiligs I from the Books of Poetry, History, R.iteS, and»l\’lusic; f now directly, from the Metal Tablets 2, and the six Bow-cases?, all calculated for the service (of the li*i»i ‘ Literally, ‘ I physiognomise dogs} I ii
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