2. On the heights mentioned here, see Con. Ana.,VIII, vi .以长,—"for my height." The 以, however,may be taken as simply euphonic. Keaou's idea is, that physically he was between Wǎn and T'ang, who might be considered as having become Yaous or Shuns, and therefore he also might become such,
It all lies simply in acting as such. Here is a man,whose strength was not equal to lift a duckling:-- he was then a man of no strength. But to-day he says,'I can lift 3,000 catties' weight,' and he is a man of strength. And so, he who can lift the weight which Woo Hwǒ lifted is just another Woo Hwǒ. Why should a man make a want of ability the subject of his grief? It is only that he will not do the thing.