A

ART OF LIVING: Deemed the
highest, 6; abiding "in the
highest excellence," 7; self-
development, 7; its pursuit
possible for all, 7; advance
independent of others, 8;
learning in order to attain,
8; cultivating one's capa-
bilities, 8; exemplifying vir-
tue, 8; order of development,
10; rules of conduct, 10;
path open for ordinary as
well as superior man, 10;
scheme of adaptation, II; not
finished until death, II; as
conceived by Confucius, 14;
preparation for practice of,

29
ARTS: Seek relaxation and en-
joyment in, 52; cultivation
of, 249; beneficial for state
to encourage, 251
ARTS, FINE IN GENERAL, 248-
251: Patronage by central
government, 248; rulers
should make pleasure com-
mon to all, 248; power to
enjoy beauty should
general, 249; Confucius' re-
cognition of art, 249; relax-
ation and enjoyment, 249;
Odes arouse the mind, 249;
recreation in the arts, 249;
frequent theme of discourse
by the Master, 249; æsthetic
subjects, 250; painting, 250;

be

ornament, 251; the Book of
Poetry, 251; the Book of
Music, 251
ASPIRATION: To become supe-

rior man, 1; true aspiration,
85; contrasted with its op-
posite, 85; working for that
which other men cannot
see, 85; portrait of him one
should aspire to be, 86; to
hear, to learn, to practise,
86, 87; desire for gain, 87;
distinction and notoriety de-
fined, 88

B

BUSINESS: Its management, 63

C

CEREMONIES: To find enjoy-
ment in, 52; not to be neg-
lected, 263; music within,
ceremonies without, 264;
short and few as possible,
264; constitute a language,
264; highest style of ele-
gance, 265; an understand-
ing of, 265; perfection of,
265; transforming power of,
265; forming an inter-rela-
tionship between the seen
and unseen, 266; power to
elevate, 266

CLASS DISTINCTIONS: Abol-
ished by learning, 23
COMFORT: Contrary of virtue,

COMFORT-Continued
3, 39, 40; Hwuy, paragon
of virtue, often in want, 93;
superior man not concerned
about poverty, 94; To be
poor without murmuring is
difficult, 94
CONDUCT,

120-126: The
golden rule, 120; reciprocity,
120; set forth in "The Great
Learning, 120, 121; serve
men, not spiritual beings,
121; men of perfect virtue,
122; superior man loves
because of merit, 122; man's
desire to teach, 122; not
blind to the faults of others,
123; forgetting wickedness,
123; charity towards all, 123;
obligations, 123; the Masters'
rule of recompense, 124;
only the truly virtuous know
how to love or hate, 124;
what persons the superior
man hates, 125; love for all,
125; in order to be loved,
125; benevolence, 126
CONFUCIUS: Did not claim in-
spiration, Introduction, xi;
works of, and of his disciples,
Introduction, xiii; life of, xvii;
central idea of, 1; personal
development, II; divined
that the mind must first be
honest with itself, 14; pur-
suit of learning, 23; not
born in possession of know-
ledge, 28; memorizing, 29;
content with poverty, 47;
faults, 55; not equal to
superior man, 55, 56; know-
ing why, 60; study of Yi, 74;
would make faults few, 74;
expressions of humility, 80;
to be mentioned with honour
in future ages, 88; his de-
meanour, 108; observance of
sportsman's ethics, 113; prac-
tises polite evasion, 119;
charity towards all, 123;

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feelings towards those who
possess sharp tongues, 125:
how his disciples considered
he would govern, 183; loss
of office, 239, 249; "The
Odes" a frequent theme, of
discourse, 249; counsels his
son to learn "The Odes,'
252;equality with other men,
253; reforms the music, 258;
appreciation of best music,
and value placed upon it,
258; condemnation of music
he considered unworthy, 260;
counsels his son about the
study of classical music, 261;
his skill upon the musical
stone, 261; raises a mound
over the grave of his
parents, 270; sacrificing to
the dead, 271; consciousness
of presence of invisible forces,
286; commendation and
practice of prayer, 288; "I
do not murmur against
Heaven," 290; consciousness
of the protection of Provi-
dence, 291;
belief in his
mission, 291

CONSTANCY: Impossible, if,
keeping up appearances, 56

D

DEATH AND IMMORTALITY, 267-
271: Belief accepted by
Confucius, 267; soul can go
anywhere, 267; spirit issues
forth in condition of glori-
ous brightness, 268; scien-
tific investigation, 268; value
of man's words as he ap-
proaches death, 268; sani-
tary precautions at time of
death, 268; method employed
to ascertain if death had
taken place, 268; care with
which bodies are guarded
lest burial takes place before
life is extinct, 269; repug-

DEATH-Continued
nance at death, 269; ethics
of burial, 269; raises a mound
over the grave of his parents,
270; calling back the spirit,
270, 271; purpose and signi-
ficance of the ceremony, 271
DEMEANOUR, 106-113: Should
be grave, 106, 107; insinuat-
ing appearance, 107; insin-
cerity, 107; demeanour of
Confucius, 108; of superior
men, 108

DEPARTED ANCESTORS: Com-
munion with,271-284; served
the dead, 271; sacrificed to
the dead, 271; accumulating
goodness, 272; small acts of
goodness, 272; disembodied
spirits enjoyed offerings, 273;
man, when dead, in ghostly
state, 274; to be treated as
neither wholly living nor
wholly dead, 274; presenta-
tion of offerings constitute
union with the disembodied,
274; intercourse with spirit-
ual intelligences thus main-
tained, 274; mischief of mis-
cellaneous seeking after com-
munication with departed
spirits, 275; consciousness
after death, 275; general
sacrifices, 276; sacrifices
should not be frequently
repeated, 276; liberties
should not be taken with
spiritual beings, 277; in com-
munion desire for personal
gratification should not
enter, 277; serving spiritual
intelligences, 277; method of
preparing for, and conducting
ceremonies, 278; sincerity
absolute necessity, 278; re-
ward, the perfecting of self,
279; object, to bring down
spirits from above, 279;
ceremonies, 279; the spell
of music, 280; the third day

of discipline appear those
for whom it has been exer-
cised, 280
DEPORTMENT, 108-112: Vir-
tuous manners, 108; bad
manners, 109; affable and
adulatory deportment, 110;
deportment not subserviency,
110; good and bad manners,
IIO, III; avoidance of dis-
play, III; behaviour to girls
and servants, III; respect to
elders, 112; reserve of supe-
rior man toward his son, 112;
friendship, 112

DEPOSING A RULER, THE RIGHT
OF, 245-247: Attitude toward
one's ruler, 245; privilege of a
minister, 246; remonstrance
should not be too frequent,
246; observance of the rules
of propriety, 246; a great
minister, 247; to depose a
prince, 247; the tyrant Chow
example of unworthy sov-
ereign, 247

DEVELOPMENT OF GOOD IN
OTHERS: Accomplished by
sincerity, 33; not by "cor-
recting" them, 78; require-
ments, 94; qualities to be
sought, 95; real qualities
exhibited, 103; exacting in
employment, 103; enlarging
self, 122; developing admir-
able qualities, 122; teachers
of others, 122
DIVORCE, 146-151: Process of
divorce, 147, 148; disabilities
and disadvantages, 149;
recognized causes, 150; not a
court proceeding, 151; rule for
the relation of husband and
wife, 151

E

EARNESTNESS, 76-80: Going
with one's heart, 76; earnest
effort necessary to achieve-
ment, 77; giving one's self

EARNESTNESS- -Continued
earnestly, 78; uninstructed
earnestness, 78; "He who
aims at complete virtue is
earnest, 79; the youth
should be earnest, 79; an
essential of perfect virtue, 80;
result of, 80
EDUCATION, UNIVERSAL, 221-
231: Necessity for general
education, 221; obliterates
distinction of classes, 221;
rank determined by training,
221; pre-natal education,
222; value and potency of,
222; relation of education
to government, 222; unin-
structed men, 223; education
necessary to him who would
lead others, 223; attention
paid to education in filial
and fraternal duties, 223;
education test of political
preferment, 224; perfection
of manners and customs
must start in schools, 224;
established means of, 224;
competitive examinations,
224; the object of teaching,
225; understanding requisite
of teaching, 225; care exer-
cised in choice of teacher,
226; the skilful teacher, 226;
"I do not open the truth to
one who is not eager for
knowledge," 227; rote learn-
ing, 228; teacher not treated
as a subject, 229; objects to
be sought in education, 229;
desirability of class work,
229; method of Confucius,
229; importance of popular
education, 231
EMOTIONS AND DESIRES: If
swayed by, conduct is wrong,
13, 35, 36, 37; abuses of, 37,
38; must reduce, in order to
maintain resolution, 45, 46;
delusion to "wreck one's
life" in anger, 51

ENJOYMENT: When injurious,
when advantageous, 52; in
worthy friends, 126
ETHICS OF THE MIND: Mind
must be honest with itself,
14: spirit and teaching of
Confucius, 14; design of the
Book of Poetry, 14; pre-
determination of course, 15;
the open mind, 15, 16; when
mind not dominant, 35
EXAMPLE, 126-131: Advanta-
geous and injurious friend-
ships, 126; frequent the com-
pany of men of principle,
126; youth should cultivate
friendship of the good, 126;
friendship of dissolute, 126;
intimacy with flatterers, 127;
distinction between the su-
perior and inferior man, 127;
when and to whom to speak,
127; figurative admonition,
127; the value of good ex-
ample, 128; proper associ-
ates, 129; virtuous manners
constitute virtue of a neigh-
borhood, 129; evil man use-
ful for instruction, 129; must
associate with all mankind,
130; "virtue is not left to
stand alone," 131

F

FAME: Report of the multitude
not decisive, 88, 89; to be
loved by the good and hated
by the bad, 89; man of
exalted aim, 90; indifference
toward worldly reward or
failure, 90; desire to rightly
die, 90; "object of dislike at
forty," 95

FAMILY REGULATION, 137-139:
Regulation of one's own
family, 137; self-develop-
ment necessary, 138; re-
spect and love necessary to
service, 138; love leads to