Yao said, "Oh! you, Shun, the Heaven-determined order of succession nowrests in your person. Sincerely hold fast the due Mean. If there shall bedistress and want within the four seas, the Heavenly revenue will come to aperpetual end."Shun also used the same language in giving charge to Yu.

　　T'ang said, "I the child Li, presume to use a dark-colored victim, andpresume to announce to Thee, O most great and sovereign God, that thesinner I dare not pardon, and thy ministers, O God, I do not keep inobscurity. The examination of them is by thy mind, O God. If, in my person,I commit offenses, they are not to be attributed to you, the people of themyriad regions. If you in the myriad regions commit offenses, theseoffenses must rest on my person."Chau conferred great gifts, and the good were enriched.

　　"Although he has his near relatives, they are not equal to my virtuous men.

　　The people are throwing blame upon me, the One man."He carefully attended to the weights and measures, examined the body of thelaws, restored the discarded officers, and the good government of thekingdom took its course.

　　He revived states that had been extinguished, restored families whose lineof succession had been broken, and called to office those who had retiredinto obscurity, so that throughout the kingdom the hearts of the peopleturned towards him.

　　What he attached chief importance to were the food of the people, theduties of mourning, and sacrifices.

　　By his generosity, he won all. By his sincerity, he made the people reposetrust in him. By his earnest activity, his achievements were great. By hisjustice, all were delighted.

　　Tsze-chang asked Confucius, saying, "In what way should a person inauthority act in order that he may conduct government properly?" The Masterreplied, "Let him honor the five excellent, and banish away the four bad,things;-then may he conduct government properly." Tsze-chang said, "Whata............