Mencius said, 'There is an appointment for everything. A man should receive submissively what may be correctly ascribed thereto.
'Therefore, he who has the true idea of what is Heaven's appointment will not stand beneath a precipitous wall.
'Death sustained in the discharge of one's duties may correctly be ascribed to the appointment of Heaven.
'Death under handcuffs and fetters cannot correctly be so ascribed.'~ James Legge translation via nothingistic.org ~
Go here to read the introductory post to this serialized version of the Works of Mencius.
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