Luo Ci was completely unable to attend to affairs anymore. Now he was simply waiting for death to arrive, but he felt no fear. Instead, he looked forward to it.
Luo Yan sat beside the couch, tending to his father's daily needs. Luo State had countless capable people, and unless something major happened, the Marquis of Luo was more of a spiritual leader.
"After this setback, Chong'er must have attained a thorough awakening," Luo Ci said softly. "The Zhou State has lasted five hundred years. Chong'er is still young. With Jin State there, the Zhou State's Mandate of Heaven will be secure for a hundred and fifty years."
At this, Luo Yan smiled. "Our ancestor said that Yin Shang had a Mandate of Heaven lasting six hundred years, and the Zhou State ought to surpass Yin Shang. It seems that will be no problem."
"When all beneath heaven recognize beauty as beauty, ugliness arises. When all recognize goodness as goodness, that which is not good arises."
After reading just two lines, Luo Yan's hands were already trembling with excitement. "To nurture without possessing, to act without relying on one's deeds, to accomplish without dwelling on one's achievements. Precisely because one does not dwell on them, they do not depart.
"The people of the world know goodness because evil exists. Isn't this a definitive judgment on whether human nature is good or evil?
"Father, which great worthy wrote this work?
"It truly is exquisite beyond compare!
"We ought to invite such a great worthy to serve as libationer at the Academy, or compile his writings into a book and preserve these ideas."
"This man's name is Li Er, his courtesy name Bo Yang, and his sobriquet Lao Dan. He is an archivist of the Royal House's Repository of Classics. Take