Though the perfect man may be harmed，yet his mind is not affected.He cannot be harmed so far as his mind is concerned.—Tr.
“Even his dust and siftings could still fashion and mold Yao and Shun（舜）.How should he will to occupy himself with things？”
A man of the Sung（宋）state carried some ceremonial caps to the Yueh（越）state.But the men of Yueh used to cut off their hair and paint their body，so that they had no use of such things.Yao ruled the people of the empire，and maintained a perfect government within the four seas.He went to see the four sages in the distant mountain of Ku I.On returning to his capital south of the Fen（汾）River，he silently forgot his the empire.