Pi Hsi inviting him to visit him, the Master was
inclined to go.
2. Tsze-lu said, 'Master, formerly I have heard you say,
"When a man in his own person is guilty of doing evil, a superior
man will not associate with him." Pi Hsi is in rebellion, holding
possession of Chung-mau; if you go to him, what shall be said?'
3. The Master said, 'Yes, I did use these words. But is it not
said, that, if a thing be really hard, it may be ground without being
made thin? Is it not said, that, if a thing be really white, it may be
steeped in a dark fluid without being made black?
4. 'Am I a bitter gourd! How can I be hung up out of the way
of being eaten?'
CHAP. VIII. 1. The Master said, 'Yu, have you heard the six
words to which are attached six becloudings?' Yu replied, 'I have
not.'
2. 'Sit down, and I will tell them to you.
3. 'There is the love of being benevolent without the love of
learning; - the beclouding here leads to a foolish simplicity. There is
the love of knowing without the love of learning; - the beclouding
here leads to dissipation of mind. There is the love of being sincere
without the love of learning; - the beclouding here leads to an
injurious disregard of consequences. There is the love of
straightforwardness without the love of learning; - the beclouding
here leads to rudeness. There is the love of boldness without the
love of learning; - the beclouding here leads to insubordination.
There is the love of firmness without the love of learning; - the
beclouding here leads to extravagant conduct.'
CHAP. IX. 1. The Master said, 'My children, why do you not
study the Book of Poetry?
2. 'The Odes serve to stimulate the mind.
3. 'They may be used for purposes of self-contemplation.
4. 'They teach the art of sociability.
5. 'They show how to regulate feelings of resentment.
6. 'From them you learn the more immediate duty of serving
one's father, and the remoter one of serving one's prince.
7. 'From them we become largely acquainted with the names
of birds, beasts, and plants.'
CHAP. X. The Master said to Po-yu, 'Do you give yourself to
the Chau-nan and the Shao-nan. The man who has not studied the
Chau-nan and the Shao-nan, is like one who stands with his face
right against a wall. Is he not so?'
CHAP. XI. The Master said, '"It is according to the rules of
propriety," they say. - "It is according to the rules of propriety,"
they say. Are gems and silk all that is meant by propriety? "It is
music," they say. - "It is music," they say. Are bells and drums all
that is meant by music?'
CHAP. XII. The Master said, 'He who puts on an appearance of
stern firmness, while inwardly he is weak, is like one of the small,
mean people; - yea, is he not like the thief who breaks through, or
climbs over, a wall?'
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