Dear Yong Peng,
very interesting to compare.
one more, from Harvard Oriental Series:

<Thought is of all things first,
thought is of all things foremost,
of thought are all things made.
If with thought corrupt a man speak or act,
Suffering follows him,
even as a wheel follows the hoof of the beast of burden. >
Beast of burden is not ugly, but it does not make much difference what we
choose.
Nina
op 27-07-2003 17:39 schreef Ong Yong Peng op ypong001@...:

> thanks. You are right. However, to me, 'beast' doesn't sound nice.
> How about this:
>
> like the wheel (follows) the foot of the bearing animal (drawing a
> loaded cart).