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 mail and helmet, one's countenance should say, "Who dares meddle with me?" 48. Hence the superior man is careful to maintain the proper expression of his countenance before others.

10. 49. Where the ruler of a state lays hold of the cross-bar, and bends forward to it, a great officer will descend from his carriage. Where a great officer lays hold of the bar and bends forward, another officer will descend. 50. The rules of ceremony do not go down to the common people. 51. The penal statutes do not go up to great officers. 52. Men who have suffered punishment should not (be allowed to) be by the side of the ruler.

1. 1. A fighting chariot has no cross-board to assist its occupants in bowing; in a war chariot the