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[6] Tseng-tzu said: “A man to whom an orphan stripling or the fate of an hundred townships may be
entrusted, and whom no crisis can corrupt, is he not a gentleman, a gentleman indeed?”
[7] Tseng-tzu said: “The scholar had need be strong and bold; for his burden is heavy, the road is far.
His burden is love, is it not a heavy one? Death is the goal, is that not far?”
[8] The Master said: “Poetry rouses, courtesy upholds us, music is our crown.”
[9] The Master said: “The people may be made to follow: they cannot be made to understand.”
[10] The Master said: “Love of daring, inflamed by poverty, leads to crime: a man without love, if
deeply ill-treated, will turn to crime.”
[11] The Master said: “All the glorious gifts of the Duke of Chou, 5 if coupled with pride and
meanness, would not be worth one glance.”
[12] The Master said: “A man to whom three years of study have borne no fruit would be hard to find.”
[13] The Master said: “A man who loves learning with simple faith, who to mend his life is content to
die, will not enter a tottering kingdom, nor stay in a land distraught. When right prevails below
heaven, he is seen; when wrong prevails, he is unseen. When right prevails, he would blush to be
poor and lowly; when wrong prevails, wealth and honours would shame him.”
[14] The Master said: “When not in office, discuss not policy.”
[15] The Master said: “In the first days of the music master Chih how grand was the ending of the Kuan
chu! How it filled the ear!”
[16] The Master said: “Of such as are eager, but not straight; shallow, but not simple; dull, but not
truthful, I will know nothing.”
[17] The Master said: “Study as though the time were short, as one who fears to lose.”
[18] The Master said: “It was sublime how Shun and Yu swayed the world and made light of it!”
[19] The Master said: “How great was Yao in kingship! Sublime! Heaven alone is great; Yao alone was
patterned on it! Boundless! Men’s words failed them. Sublime the work he did, dazzling the wealth
of his culture!”
[20] Shun had five ministers, and order reigned below heaven. King Wu said: “Ten in number are my
able ministers.” Confucius said: “‘The dearth of talent,’ is not that the truth? The days when Yь 6
succeeded T ґang 7 were rich in talent; yet there were but nine men in all, and one of these was a
woman. The utmost worth was the worth of Chou! 8 Lord of two-thirds of the earth, he submitted
all to Yin.”
[21] The Master said: “I find no flaw in Yь. Frugal in eating and drinking, he was lavish to the ghosts
of the dead: ill-clad, he was gorgeous in cap and gown: his home a hovel, he poured out his strength
upon dikes and ditches. No kind of flaw can I find in Yь.”
Note 1. Tґai-po was the eldest son of the King of Chou. The father wished his third son to succeed him,
in order that the throne might pass through him to his famous son, afterwards known as King Wen. To
facilitate this plan Tґai-po and his second brother went into voluntary exile. [back]
Note 2. The Chinese say: “The body is born whole by the mother; it is for the son to return it again
whole.” [back]
Note 3. Head of the Meng clan, minister of Lu. [back]
Note 4. This is believed to refer to Yen Yьan. [back]
Note 5. See note to vii. 5. [back]
Note 6. Shun. [back]
Note 7. Yao. [back]
Note 8. King Wen, Duke of Chou. [back]