I am still alive! (Also, a ZGC question)

My mouth hurts and I am cranky about everything, but I'm finally getting to a point where I can think about things other than how awful my mouth feels. It's progress! So I can get back to things like class, homework, and translating the Zhan Guo Ce.

Speaking of which... we've run out of Zhan Guo Ce in my class. There's still plenty of text, but the class is moving on to reading Mencius. I'll probably keep reading the ZGC, because I like it, but for the next two months my free time will not exactly be copious, and also the translations will just be mine, not my corrected homework. So, this is an informal poll. Do people want me to keep posting ZGC, when I have time? Should I post the Mencius we're going to be reading? If I do post the Mencius, should I include some of the late Han-era commentary our version has? Are you getting sick of intermittent bits of ancient Chinese texts cluttering up your livejournal? And of course if you don't really care, feel free to just not answer.

Fortunately, there's still some ZGC left to post, so I'll get to that.

medicine of immortality

stuff:
-Chu, a large and powerful warring state to the south. This story calls it by its old name of Jing.
-Mid-level archery official, one of those guys who hangs around court.

Someone offered up medicine of immortality to the king of Chu. The usher held it and brought it inside. The mid-level archery official asked him, "Can it be eaten?" and the usher said, "It can." Thus the mid-level archery official grabbed the medicine and ate it. The king was angry and dispatched someone to kill the official. The archery official dispatched someone to persuade the king and say, "Your vassal asked the usher, and the usher said, 'it can be eaten.' Your vassal therefore ate it. In this, I am guiltless, while the guilt lies with the usher. Furthermore, the guest offered up medicine of immortality. Since I ate it, and now the king wants to kill me, this is medicine of death. Your majesty will kill a guiltless vassal and thus make it clear that someone has tricked you." The king thus did not kill him.