2. Shun preserving and cultivating this distinctive endowment was led to the character and achievements which are here briefly described. The phrase 庶物, it is said, 该得广, 凡天地间事物皆是, "covers a wide extent of meaning, embracing all matters and things between heaven and earth".
CHAPTER XX
1. Mencius said, "Yu hated the pleasant wine, and loved good words.
2. "T'?ng held fast the Mean, and employed men of talents and virtue without regard to where they came from.