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Ancient Classics -> Shang Shu -> Shang Shu -> Pan Geng I -> 4

'When the net has its line,
there is order and not confusion;
and when the husbandman labours upon his fields,
and reaps with all his might, there is the (abundant) harvest.
If you can put away your (selfish) thoughts,
and bestow real good upon the people,
reaching (also) to your own relatives and friends,
you may boldly venture to make your words great, and say that you have accumulated merit.
But you do not fear the great evils which (through our not removing) are extending far and near;
(you are like) idle husbandmen, who yield themselves to ease,
and are not strong to toil
and labour on their acres,
so that they cannot get their crop of millets.


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