The Shu King (Book of Documents)Шу-цзин
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Each date opens its day beside the list, with these passages marked.Каждая дата открывает свой день рядом со списком, где отрывки этого автора отмечены.
5. Человек может избежать несчастий, ниспосылаемых небом, но от тех несчастий, которые он сам навлекает на себя, нет спасения.
5. A man can escape the misfortunes sent down by heaven, but from the misfortunes he brings upon himself there is no escape.
From Mencius, quoting the Book of Documents · close to the original (more).
What Tolstoy read · G. Pauthier, Confucius et Mencius: Les quatre livres de philosophie morale et politique …Le Taï-kia[12] dit: «On peut se préserver des calamités envoyées par le ciel; on ne peut supporter celles que l'on s'est attirées soi-même.»
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The words shown were found, word for word, in the saved source text. Mencius, quoting the Book of Documents (Tai Jia), Mencius IV.A.8 (also II.A.4).
Faithful to Pauthier's French of Mencius IV.A.8 ('one can escape calamities sent by Heaven; one cannot bear those one has brought on oneself'); Tolstoy has 'there is no salvation from' for 'cannot survive'. The saying is from the Shu King (Tai Jia), cited twice by Mencius. No public-domain English translation was consulted.