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TIIK CHASTISEMENT INDUCTED BY YIN. 125SECTION IV,THE CHASTISEMENT\% Whc^n ^ ^ Chun^-k'ang ||)|[^ ^ INFLICTED BY YI N.*first ascended the'Jji: throne, ( B. C. 2,158) (nnd ruled over all within)|5L;J the fonj- J§ seas, /IL ^^ the earl of Yin ^ wasdirected ^ to taV e coinmand >^ |f]J of the army, f(Atthatnne)^ lie and ^U Ho /^ had neglected^ their^ duties.^ jjl and addicted themselves towine ^ m PC ^^eir own ^ cities, when )||[ )gthe earl of Yin ^ received 5E the royal -^ commandti15^ and went fif to cha. tise them. +The earl ^ then announced ^ ^ to the mnltitnde,E3 saying, tl^ Oh ! all you ^ my :^ "^ hosts,i? thesage ^f has han led down |^ his counsels |]||^andinstructions, ^^ which are clearly |i^ verified, and ^fully adapted ^"^ for tranqndiizini^(the people) ;* Yin ia the name of a state, "f^ j^^ theChuiii^-k'hang lived at atime when the Hc-a dynasty beg'an to decline (B. C. 2,158)E had already seized the government of the country, so that li'etranquillity or danger of the state was entirely in his grasp, yetChung-k'hang was able to give direction to the earl of Yin, to takecommand of th army • ; and th - earl of Yin kn»^>w how to receive thedecree of Chung-khang, in order to punish offenders. Thus, thoughhe co\[\(X not punish E for his irregularity, and point out the crimeof^'^ lie and 4^ Ho in forming wicked cuhals, yet at the criticalmoment, when the fates of the country were in jeopardy, he couldraise an army and chastise offender?;, shewin