CHAPTER 30. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YAOU, SHUN, T＇ANG, AND WOO, ON THE ONE HAND, AND THE FIVE CHIEFS, ON THE OTHER, IN RELATION TO BENEVOLENCE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS.
1. 之 no doubt refers to 仁义, "benevolence and righteousness", and a translation can hardly be made without supplying those terms. Though Yaou and Shun stood on a higher platform than T＇ang and Woo, they agreed in sincerity, which is the common point of contrast between them and the chiefs. 身之,—"incorporated them"=made them their own.