"What a strange manner of man you are!" cried the latter. "Living in the furrowed fields, you exchanged such a life for the throne of Yao. And as if that was not enough, you now try to heap indignity upon me. I am ashamed of you."
Thereupon he drowned himself in the waters of Ch'ing-ling.
"But how about preservation of life?" asks Lin Hsi Chung with a sneer.
When T'ang was about to attack Chieh, he went to consult with Pien Sui.
"It is not a matter in which I can help you," said the latter.
"Who can?" asked T'ang.
"I do not know," replied Pien Sui.
T'ang then went to consult with Wu Kuang.
"It is not a matter in which I can help you," said the latter.