The Master said of Kung-ye Ch’ang that he might be wived; although he was put in bonds, he had not been guilty of any crime. Accordingly, he gave him his own daughter to wife.
Of Nan Yung he said that if the country were well governed he would not be out of office, and if it were in governed, he would escape punishment and disgrace. He gave him the daughter of his own elder brother to wife.
The Master said of Tsze-chien, “Of superior virtue1 indeed is such a man! If there were not virtuous2 men in Lu, how could this man have acquired this character?”
Tsze-kung asked, “What do you say of me, Ts’ze!” The Master said, “You are a utensil3.” “What utensil?” “A gemmed4 sacrificial utensil.”
Some one said, “Yung is truly virtuous, but he is not ready with his tongue.”
The Master said, “What is the good of being ready with the tongue? They who encounter men with smartness of speech for the most part procure5 themselves hatred6. I know not whether he be truly virtuous, but why should he show readiness of the tongue?”
The Master was wishing Ch’i-tiao K’ai to enter an official employment. He replied, “I am not yet able to rest in the assurance of this.” The Master was pleased.
The Master said, “My doctrines7 make no way. I will get upon a raft, and float about on the sea. He that will accompany me will be Yu, I dare say.” Tsze-lu hearing this was glad, upon which the Master said, “Yu is fonder of daring than I am. He does not exercise his judgment8 upon matters.”
Mang Wu asked about Tsze-lu, whether he was perfectly9 virtuous. The Master said, “I do not know.”
He asked again, when the Master replied, “In a kingdom of a thousand chariots, Yu might be employed to manage the military levies10, but I do not know whether he be perfectly virtuous.”
“And what do you say of Ch’iu?” The Master replied, “In a city of a thousand families, or a clan11 of a hundred chariots, Ch’iu might be employed as governor, but I do not know whether he is perfectly virtuous.”
“What do you say of Ch’ih?” The Master replied, “With his sash girt and standing12 in a court, Ch’ih might be employed to converse13 with the visitors and guests, but I do not know whether he is perfectly virtuous.”
The Master said to Tsze-kung, “Which do you consider superior, yourself or Hui?”
Tsze-kung replied, “How dare I compare myself with Hui? Hui hears one point and knows all about a subject; I hear one point, and know a second.”
The Master said, “You are not equal to him. I grant you, you are not equal to him.”
Tsai Yu being asleep during the daytime, the Master said, “Rotten wood cannot be carved; a wall of dirty earth will not receive the trowel. This Yu,-what is the use of my reproving him?”
The Master said, “At first, my way with men was to hear their words, and give them credit for their conduct. Now my way is to hear their words, and look at their conduct. It is from Yu that I have learned to make this change.”
The Master said, “I have not seen a firm and unbending man.” Some one replied, “There is Shan Ch’ang.” “Ch’ang,” said the Master, “is under the influence of his passions; how can he be pronounced firm and unbending?”
Tsze-kung said, “What I do not wish men to do to me, I also wish not to do to men.” The Master said, “Ts’ze, you have not attained14 to that.”
Tsze-kung said, “The Master’s personal displays of his principles and ordinary descriptions of them may be heard. His discourses15 about man’s nature, and the way of Heaven, cannot be heard.”
When Tsze-lu heard anything, if he had not yet succeeded in carrying it into practice, he was only afraid lest he should hear something else.
Tsze-kung asked, saying, “On what ground did Kung-wan16 get that title of Wan?”
The Master said, “He was of an active nature and yet fond of learning, and he was not ashamed to ask and learn of his inferiors!-On these grounds he has been styled Wan.”
The Master said of Tsze-ch’an that he had four of the characteristics of a superior man-in his conduct of himself, he was humble17; in serving his superior, he was respectful; in nourishing the people, he was kind; in ordering the people, he was just.”
The Master said, “Yen18 P’ing knew well how to maintain friendly intercourse19. The acquaintance might be long, but he showed the same respect as at first.”
The Master said, “Tsang Wan kept a large tortoise in a house, on the capitals of the pillars of which he had hills made, and with representations of duckweed on the small pillars above the beams supporting the rafters.-Of what sort was his wisdom?”
Tsze-chang asked, saying, “The minister Tsze-wan thrice took office, and manifested no joy in his countenance20. Thrice he retired21 from office, and manifested no displeasure. He made it a point to inform the new minister of the way in which he had conducted the government; what do you say of him?” The Master replied. “He was loyal.” “Was he perfectly virtuous?” “I do not know. How can he be pronounced perfectly virtuous?”
Tsze-chang proceeded, “When the officer Ch’ui killed the prince of Ch’i, Ch’an Wan, though he was the owner of forty horses, abandoned them and left the country. Coming to another state, he said, ‘They are here like our great officer, Ch’ui,’ and left it. He came to a second state, and with the same observation left it also;-what do you say of him?” The Master replied, “He was pure.” “Was he perfectly virtuous?” “I do not know. How can he be pronounced perfectly virtuous?”
Chi Wan thought thrice, and then acted. When the Master was informed of it, he said, “Twice may do.”
The Master said, “When good order prevailed in his country, Ning Wu acted the part of a wise man. When his country was in disorder22, he acted the part of a stupid man. Others may equal his wisdom, but they cannot equal his stupidity.”
When the Master was in Ch’an, he said, “Let me return! Let me return! The little children of my school are ambitious and too hasty. They are accomplished23 and complete so far, but they do not know how to restrict and shape themselves.”
The Master said, “Po-i and Shu-ch’i did not keep the former wickednesses of men in mind, and hence the resentments25 directed towards them were few.”
The Master said, “Who says of Weishang Kao that he is upright? One begged some vinegar of him, and he begged it of a neighbor and gave it to the man.”
The Master said, “Fine words, an insinuating26 appearance, and excessive respect;-Tso Ch’iu-ming was ashamed of them. I also am ashamed of them. To conceal27 resentment24 against a person, and appear friendly with him;-Tso Ch’iu-ming was ashamed of such conduct. I also am ashamed of it.”
Yen Yuan and Chi Lu being by his side, the Master said to them, “Come, let each of you tell his wishes.”
Tsze-lu said, “I should like, having chariots and horses, and light fur clothes, to share them with my friends, and though they should spoil them, I would not be displeased28.”
Yen Yuan said, “I should like not to boast of my excellence29, nor to make a display of my meritorious30 deeds.”
Tsze-lu then said, “I should like, sir, to hear your wishes.” The Master said, “They are, in regard to the aged31, to give them rest; in regard to friends, to show them sincerity32; in regard to the young, to treat them tenderly.”
The Master said, “It is all over. I have not yet seen one who could perceive his faults, and inwardly accuse himself.”
The Master said, “In a hamlet of ten families, there may be found one honorable and sincere as I am, but not so fond of learning.”
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perfectly
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