| 70.1.1 |
My
words are very easy to know,
(and) very easy to practice. |
| 70.1.2 |
But no one can know them,
nor can (they)
practice them. |
|
70.2 |
Speak with veneration to the
ancestors.
Engage in office duties (in accordance) with the
orders of the ruler. |
| 70.3.1 |
Oh! Only (because of) ignorance,
this is why
(people) do not know my (words). |
| 70.3.2 |
(As) knower is (so) few,
then I (am) valuable
(to the world). |
| 70.3.3 |
This is why the sage (is like) carrying jade
under coarse clothes. |
