5. "But now it is the Middle Kingdom that we live in. To banish the relationships of men, and have no superior men;-- how can such a state of things be thought of?
6. "With but few potters a kingdom cannot subsist;--how much less can it subsist without men of a higher rank than others?
7. "If we wish to make the taxation lighter than the system of Yaou and Shun, we shall just have a great Mih and a small Mih.