CONFUCIUS THE ANALECTS
CONFUCIUS THE ANALECTS
CONFUCIUS THE ANALECTS
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and fire, but I have never seen a man die from treading the course<br />
of virtue.'<br />
CHAP. XXXV. The Master said, 'Let every man consider virtue<br />
as what devolves on himself. He may not yield the performance of<br />
it even to his teacher.'<br />
CHAP. XXXVI. The Master said, 'The superior man is correctly<br />
firm, and not firm merely.'<br />
CHAP. XXXVII. The Master said, 'A minister, in serving his<br />
prince, reverently discharges his duties, and makes his emolument<br />
a secondary consideration.'<br />
CHAP. XXXVIII. The Master said, 'In teaching there should be<br />
no distinction of classes.'<br />
CHAP. XXXIX. The Master said, 'Those whose courses are<br />
different cannot lay plans for one another.'<br />
CHAP. XL. The Master said, 'In language it is simply required<br />
that it convey the meaning.'<br />
CHAP. XLI. 1. The Music-master, Mien, having called upon<br />
him, when they came to the steps, the Master said, 'Here are the<br />
steps.' When they came to the mat for the guest to sit upon, he<br />
said, 'Here is the mat.' When all were seated, the Master informed<br />
him, saying, 'So and so is here; so and so is here.'<br />
2. The Music-master, Mien, having gone out, Tsze-chang<br />
asked, saying. 'Is it the rule to tell those things to the Musicmaster?'<br />
3. The Master said, 'Yes. This is certainly the rule for those<br />
who lead the blind.'<br />
BOOK XVI. KE SHE.<br />
CHAP. I. 1. The head of the Chi family was going to attack<br />
Chwan-yu.<br />
2. Zan Yu and Chi-lu had an interview with Confucius, and<br />
said, 'Our chief, Chi, is going to commence operations against