Chinese and Arabian Literature - E. Wilson - The Search For Mecca

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of all—a result that, that would almost put Yau and Shun into
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the shade !
To Yuen Jang,^^ who was sitting waiting for him in a squat-
ting (disrespectful) posture, the Master delivered himself as follows
: " The man who in his youth could show no humility or
subordination, who in his prime misses his opportunity, and
who when old age comes upon him will not die—that man is a
miscreant." And he tapped him on the shin with his staff.
Some one asked about his attendant—a youth from the vil-
lage of Kiueh—whether he was one who improved. He re-
plied, " I note that he seats himself in the places reserved for his
betters, and that when he is walking he keeps abreast with his
seniors. He is not one of those who care for improvement:
he wants to be a man all at once."
" It is a habit with the Chinese, when off according to their age. It is a cusa
number are out walking together, for torn much older than the time of Conthe
eldest to go first, the others pairing fucius.