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“Then,” said Tsze-kung, “the superiority is with Shih, I suppose.”
The Master said, “To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.”
The head of the Chi family was richer than the duke of Chau had been, and yet Ch’iu collected his imposts for him, and increased his wealth.
The Master said, “He is no disciple of mine,cheap foamposites. My little children, beat the drum and assail him.”
Ch’ai is simple. Shan is dull,homepage. Shih is specious. Yu is coarse.
The Master said, “There is Hui! He has nearly attained to perfect virtue. He is often in want.
“Ts’ze does not acquiesce in the appointments of Heaven, and his goods are increased by him. Yet his judgments are often correct.”
Tsze-chang asked what were the characteristics of the good man. The Master said, “He does not tread in the footsteps of others, but moreover,ugg bailey button triplet 1873 boots, he does not enter the chamber of the sage.”
The Master said, “If, because a man’s discourse appears solid and sincere, we allow him to be a good man, is he really a superior man? or is his gravity only in appearance?”
Tsze-lu asked whether he should immediately carry into practice what he heard. The Master said, “There are your father and elder brothers to be consulted;-why should you act on that principle of immediately carrying into practice what you hear?” Zan Yu asked the same, whether he should immediately carry into practice what he heard, and the Master answered, “Immediately carry into practice what you hear.” Kung-hsi Hwa said, “Yu asked whether he should carry immediately into practice what he heard, and you said, ‘There are your father and elder brothers to be consulted.’ Ch’iu asked whether he should immediately carry into practice what he heard, and you said, ‘Carry it immediately into practice.’ I, Ch’ih, am perplexed, and venture to ask you for an explanation.” The Master said, “Ch’iu is retiring and slow; therefore I urged him forward. Yu has more than his own share of energy; therefore I kept him back.”
The Master was put in fear in K’wang and Yen Yuan fell behind. The Master, on his rejoining him, said, “I thought you had died.” Hui replied, “While you were alive, how should I presume to die?”
Chi Tsze-zan asked whether Chung Yu and Zan Ch’iu could be called great ministers.
The Master said,nike shox torch 2, “I thought you would ask about some extraordinary individuals, and you only ask about Yu and Ch’iu!
“What is called a great minister, is one who serves his prince according to what is right, and when he finds he cannot do so, retires.
“Now, as to Yu and Ch’iu, they may be called ordinary ministers.”
Tsze-zan said, “Then they will always follow their chief;-win they?”
The Master said, “In an act of parricide or regicide, they would not follow him.”
Tsze-lu got Tsze-kao appointed governor of Pi.
The Master said, “You are injuring a man’s son.”
Tsze-lu said, “There are, there, common people and officers; there are the altars of the spirits of the land and grain. Why must one read books before he can be considered to have learned?”
The Master said, “It is on this account that I hate your glib-tongued people.”
Tsze-lu, Tsang Hsi, Zan Yu, and Kunghsi Hwa were sitting by the Master.