- Those Who Will Live
- 1 Sahng-jeh-nim said to Bahk Gohng-ooh, “Select the ones who will die.”
Gohng-ooh thought for a long time. “Practitioners of dao who try to appear differently than they truly are should die first.”
- 2 Without responding, Sahng-jeh-nim asked, “Which ones are to live?”
- 3 Gohng-ooh replied, “Those cultivating the land in the fields and in the mountains and those who cannot defend themselves from attack are the ones who will live.”
- 4 “You are right. They are among the noblest people.”
- (JSD Dojeon 7,48)