Ability, various, of Conf., IX. vi.

Able officers, eight, of Châu, XVIII. xi.
Abroad, when a son may go, IV. xix.
Accomplishments come after duty, I. vi; blended
with solid excellence, VI. xvi.

Achievement of government, the great, XIII. ix.

Acknowledgment of Conf. in estimating himself, VII. xxxii.

Acting heedlessly, against, VII: xxvii.
Actions should always be right, XIV. iv; of
Conf. were lessons and laws, XVII. xix.
Adaptation for government of Zan Yung, &c.,
VI. i; of Tsze-lû, &c., VI. vi.

Admiration, Yen Yüan's, of Conf. doctrines,
IX. x.

Admonition of Conf. to Tsze-lû, XI. xiv. Advanced years, improvement difficult in, XVII. xxvi.

Adversity, men are known in times of, IX. xxvii.

Advice against useless expenditure, XI. xiii. Age, the vice to be guarded against in, XVI. vii. Aim, the chief, I. xvi.

Aims, of Tsze-lû, Tsăng Hsî, &c., XI. xxv. An all-pervading unity, the knowledge of, Conf. aim, XV. ii.

Anarchy of Conf. time, III. v.

Ancient rites, how Conf. cleaved to, III. xvii. Ancients, their slowness to speak, IV. xxii. Antiquity, Conf. fondness for, VII. xix; decay of the monuments of, III. ix.

Anxiety of parents, II. vi; of Conf. about the training of his disciples, V. ii.

Appearances, fair, are suspicious, I. iii; XVII. xvii.

Appellations for the wife of a prince, XVI. xiv.
Appreciation, what conduct will insure, XV. v.
Approaches of the unlikely, readily met by Conf.,
VII. xxviii.

Approbation, Conf., of Nan Yung, XI. v.
Aptitude of the Chun-tsze, II. xii.

Archery, contention in, III. vii; a discipline of virtue, III. xvi.

Ardent and cautious disciples, Conf. obliged to
be content with, XIII. xxi.
Ardour of Tsze-lû, V. vi.
Art of governing, XII. xiv.

Assent without reformation, a hopeless case,
IX. xxiii.

Attachment to Conf. of Yen Yüan, XI. xxiii. Attainment, different stages of, VI. xviii. Attainments of Hûi, like those of Conf., VII. x. Attributes of the true scholar, XIX. i.

Auspicious omens, Conf. gives up hope for want of, IX. viii.

Avenge murder, how Conf. wished to, XIV. xxii.

Bad name, the danger of a, XIX. xx.
Barbarians, how to civilize, IX. xiii.
Becloudings of the mind, XVII. viii.
Bed, manner of Conf. in, X. xvi.

Benefits derived from studying the Odes, XVII.
ix.
Benevolence to be exercised with prudence, VI.
xxiv; and wisdom, XII. xxii.

Blind, consideration of Conf. for the, XV. xli.
Boldness, excessive, of Tsze-lû, VII. x.
Burial, Conf. dissatisfaction with Hûi's, XI. x.
Business, every man should mind his own,
VIII. xiv; XIV. xxvii.

Calmness of Conf. in danger, VII. xxii.
Capacities of the superior and inferior man,
XV. xxxiii.

Capacity of Măng Kung-ch'o, XIV. xii.
Careful, about what things Conf. was, VII. xii.
Carriage, Conf. at and in his, X. xvii; Conf.

refuses to sell his, to assist a needless expenditure, XI. vii.

Caution, advantages of, IV. xxiii; repentance
avoided by, I. xiii; in speaking, XII. iii ; XV.
vii.
Ceremonies and music, XI. i; end of, I. xii;
impropriety in, III. x ; influence of, in govern-
ment, IV. xiii; regulated according to their
object, III. iv; secondary and ornamental,
III. viii; vain without virtue, III. iii.
Character(s), admirable, of Tsze-yû, &c., XV.
vi; differences in, owing to habit, XVII. ii;
different, of two dukes, XIV. xvi; disliked
by Conf. and Tsze-kung, XVII. xxiv; how
Conf. dealt with different, XI. xxi; how to
determine, II. x; lofty, of Shun and Yü, VIII.
xviii; of four disciples, XI. xvii; of Kung-
shû Wẵn, XIV. xiv; of Tan-t'ai Mich-ming,
VI. xii; various elements of, in Conf., VII.
xxxvii; what may be learnt from, IV. xvii.
Characteristics, of perfect virtue, XIII. xix; of
ten disciples, XI. ii.

Claimed, what Conf., VII. xxxiii.
Classes of men, in relation to knowledge, four,
XVI. ix; only two whom practice cannot
change, XVII. iii.

Climbing the heavens, equalling Conf. like,
XIX. XXV.

Common practices, some indifferent and others not, IX. iii.

Communications to be proportioned to susceptibility, VI. xix.

Comparison of Shih and Shang, XI. xv. Comparisons, against making, XIV. xxxi. Compass and vigour of mind necessary to a scholar, VIII. vii. Compassion, how cherish, XIX. xix.

a criminal judge should

Complete man, of the, XIV. xiii; virtue, I. xiv; VI. xvi.

Concealment not practised by Conf. with his disciples, VII. xxiii.

Concubines, difficult to treat, XVII. xxv. Condemnation of Tsang Wû-chung, XIV. xv; of Conf. for seeking office, XIV. xli. Condition, only virtue adapts a man to his, IV. ii. Conduct that will be everywhere appreciated, XV. v.

Confidence, enjoying, necessary to serving and to ruling, XIX. x.

Connate, Conf. knowledge not, VII. xix. Consideration of Conf. for the blind, XV. xli ; a generous, of others, recommended, XVIII. x. Consolation to Tsze-niû, when anxious about his brother, XII. v.

Constancy of mind, importance of, XIII. xxii. Constant Mean, the, VI. xxvii.

Contemporaries of Conf. described, XVI. xi. Contention, the superior man avoids, III. vii. Contentment in poverty of Tsze-lû, IX. xxvi ;

of Conf. with his condition, IX. xi; of the officer Ching, XIII. viii.

Contrast of Hûi and Ts'ze, XI. xviii. Conversation with Chung-kung, XII. ii; with Tsze-chang, XII. vi, vii; XX. ii; with Tsze-kung, XIV. xviii; with Tsze-lû, XIV. xiii, xvii; with Tsze-niû, XII. iii; with Yen Yuan, XII. i.

Countenance, the, in filial piety, II. viii. Courage, not doing right from want of, II. xxiv. Criminal judge, should cherish compassion, XIX. xix.

Culpability of not reforming known faults, XV. xxix.

Danger, Conf. assured in time of, IX. v.
Dead, offices to the, I. ix.

Death, Conf. evades a question about, XI. xi ; how Conf. felt Hûi's, XI. vii, ix; without regret, IV. viii.

Declined, what Conf., to reckon himself, VII. xxxiii.

Defects of former times become modern vices, XVII. xvi.

Defence of himself by Conf., XIV. xxxvi; of
his own method of teaching, by Tsze-hsia,
XIX. xii; of Tsze-lû, by Conf., XI. xiv.
Degeneracy of Conf. age, VI. xiv; instance of,
XV. xxv.

Delusions, how to discover, XII. x, xxi.
Demeanour of Conf., X. i-v, xiii.

Departure of Conf. from Lû, XVIII. iv; from
Ch'î, XVIII. iii.

Depreciation, Conf. above the reach of, XIX. χχίν.

Description of himself as a learner, by Conf., VII. xviii.

Desire and ability required in disciples, VII. viii.

Development of knowledge, II. xi.

Differences of character, owing to habit, XVII. ii. Dignity necessary in a ruler, XV. xxxii.

Disciples, anxiety about training, V. xxi.
Discrimination of Conf. in rewarding officers,
VI. iii; without suspiciousness, the merit of,
XIV. xxxiii.

Dispersion of the musicians of Lû, XVIII. xi.
Distinction, notoriety not, XII. xx.
Distress, the superior man above, XV. i.
Divine mission, Conf. assurance of a, VII. xxii ;
IX. v.

Doctrine of Conf., admiration of, IX. x.
Dreams of Conf. affected by disappointments,
VII. v.

Dress, rules of Conf. in regard to his, X. vi. Dying counsels to a man in high station, VIII. iv.

Dynasties, Yin, Hsia, and Châu, VIII iv; III. xx; Yin and Hsià, III. ix; Châu, &c., III. xiv,-certain rules exemplified in the ancient; eight officers of the Châu, XVIII. xi; three worthies of the Yin, XVIII. i; the three, XV. xxiv.

Earnest student, Hûi the, IX. xix.
Earnestness in teaching, of Conf., IX. vii.
Egotism, instance of freedom from, VIII. v.
Eight able officers of the Châu dynasty, XVIII.
xi.

Emolument, learning for, II. xviii; shameful to care only for, XIV. i.

End, the, crowns the work, IX. xxi. Enjoyment, advantageous and injurious sources of, XVI. v.

Equalled, Conf. cannot be, XIX. xxv.

Error, how acknowledged by Conf., VII. xxx. Essential, what is, in different services, III. xxvi. Estimate, Conf. humble, of himself, VII. ii, iii ; IX. xv; XIV. xxx; of what he could do if employed, XIII. x.

Estimation of others, not a man's concern, XIV. xxxii.

Example better than force, II. xx; government efficient by, &c., XII. xvii, xviii, xix; the secret of rulers' success, XIII. i; value of, in those in high stations, VIII. ii. Excess and defect equally wrong, XI. xv. Expenditure, against useless, XI. xiii. External, the, may be predicated from the internal, XIV. v.

Extravagant speech, hard to be made good, XIV. xxi.

Fair appearances are suspicious, I. iii; XVII. xvii.

Fasting, rules observed by Conf. when, X. vii. Father's vices no discredit to a virtuous son, VI. iv.

Faults of men characteristic of their class, IV. vii.

Feelings need not always be spoken, XIV. iv. Fidelity of his disciples, Conf. memory of, XI. ii.

Filial piety, I. xi; IV. xix, xx, xxi; argument for, II. vi; cheerfulness in, II. viii; the foundation of virtuous practice, I. ii; of Min Tsze-ch'ien, XI. iv; of Măng Chwang, XIX. xviii; reverence in, II. vii; seen in care of the person, VIII. iii.

Firmness of superior man based on right, XV. xxxvi.

Five excellent things to be honoured, XX. ii ; things which constitute perfect virtue, XVII. vi.

Flattery of sacrificing to others' ancestors, II. xxiv.

Food, rules of Conf. about his, X. viii.
Foreknowledge, how far possible, II. xxiii.
Forethought, necessity of, XV. xi.
Formalism, against, III. iv.

Former times, Conf. preference for, XI. i. Forward youth, Conf. employment of a, XIV. xlvii.

Foundation of virtue, I. ii.

Four bad things to be put away, XX. ii; classes of men in relation to knowledge, XVI. ix. Frailties from which Conf. was free, IX. iv. Fraternal submission, I. ii.

Friends, rule for choosing, I. viii; IX. xxiv ; trait of Conf. in relation to, X. xv. Friendship, how to maintain, V. xvi; Tszechang's virtue too high for, XIX. xvi. Friendships, what, advantageous and injurious, XVI. iv.

Frivolous talkers, against, XV. xvi.

Funeral rites, Conf. dissatisfaction with Hûi's, XI. x; to parents, I. ix.

Furnace, the, and the south-west corner of a house, III. xiii.

Gain, the mean man's concern, IV. xvi. Generosity of Po-î and Shû-ch'î, V. xxii. Glibness of tongue and beauty esteemed by the age, VI. xiv.

Glib-tongued, Conf. not, XIV. xxxiv.

Glossing faults, a proof of the mean man, XIX. viii.

Gluttony and idleness, case of, hopeless, XVII. xxii.

God, address to, XX. i.

Golden rule, expressed with negatives, V. xi; XV. xxiii.

Good fellowship of Conf., VII. xxxi. Good, learning leads to be, VIII. xii. Good man, the, XI. xix; we must not judge a man to be, from his discourse, XI. xx. Governing, the art of, XII. xiv; without personal effort, XV. iv.

Government, good, seen from its effects, XIII. xvi; good, how only obtained, XII. xi; may be conducted efficiently, how, XX. ii; moral in its end, XII. xvii; principles of, I. v; requisites of, XII. vii.

Gradual progress of Conf., II. iv; communication of his doctrine, V. xii.

Grief, Conf. vindicates his for Hûi, XI. ix.
Guiding principle of Conf., XVIII. viii.

Happiness of Conf. among his disciples, XI. xii ; of Hûi in poverty, VI. ix.

Haste, not to be desired in government, XIII. xvii.

Heaven, Conf. rested in the ordering of, XIV.

xxxviii; knew him, Conf. thought that, XIV. xxxvii; no remedy for sin against, III. xiii.

Hesitating faith Tsze-chang on, XIX. ii. High aim proper to a student, VI. x; things, too much minding of, XIX. xv.

Home, Conf. at, X. xvi; how Conf. could be not at, XVII. xx.

Hope, Conf. gives up, for want of auspicious omens, IX. viii.

Hopeless case of gluttony and idleness, XVII. xxii; of those who assent to advice without

reforming, IX. xxiii.; of those who will not think, XV. xv.

House and wall, the comparison of a, XIX. xxiii. Humanity of Conf., VII. xxvi.

Humble claim of Conf. for himself, V. xxvii ; estimate of himself, VII. ii, iii; IX. xv; XIV. xxx.

Hundred years, what good government could effect in a, XIII. xi.

Idleness of Tsai Yü, V. ix; case of, hopeless,
XVII. xxii.

Ignorant man's remark about Conf., IX. ii.
Impatience, danger of, XV. xxvi.

Imperial rites, usurpation of, III. i, ii, vi. Improvement, self-, II. xviii; difficult in advanced years, XVII. xxvi.

Incompetency, our own, a fit cause of concern, XV. xviii.

Indifference of the officer Ching to riches, XIII. viii.

Indignation of Conf. at the usurpation of royal rites, III. i, ii; at the support of usurpation and extortion by a disciple, XI. xvi; at the wrong overcoming the right, XVII. xviii. Inferior pursuits inapplicable to great objects, XIX. iv.

Instruction, how a man may find, VII. xxi. Instructions to a son about government, XVIII.

X.

Insubordination worse than meanness, VII. XXXV; different causes of, VIII. x. Intelligence, what constitutes, XII. vi. Intercourse, character formed by, V. ii; of Conf. with others, traits of, X. xi; with others, different opinions on, XIX. iii. Internal, the, not predicable from the external, XIV. v.

Ironical admonition, XIII. xiv.

Jealousy of others' talents, against, XV. xiii. Joy of Conf. independent of outward circumstances, VII. xv.

Judgment of Conf. concerning Tsze-ch'ân, &c., XIV. x; of retired worthy, on Conf., XIV. xlii.

Keun (chün)-tsze. See Superior man. Killing not to be talked of by rulers, XII. xix. Knowing and not knowing, II. xvii. Knowledge disclaimed by Conf., IX. vii; four classes of men in relation to, XVI. ix; not lasting without virtue, XV. xxxii; of Conf., not connate, VII. xix; sources of Conf., XIX. xxii; subserves benevolence, XII. xxii.

Lament over moral error added to natural de

fect, VIII. xvi; sickness of Po-niû, VI. viii; persistence in error, V. xxvi; rarity of the love of virtue, IV. vi; the rash reply of Tsai Wo, III. xxi; the waywardness of men, VI. xiv; of Conf., that men did not know him,

XIV. xxxvii.

Language, the chief virtue of, XV. xl.

Learner, the, I. i, xiv; Conf. describes himself as a, VII. xviii.

Learning and propriety combined, VI. xxv; XII. xv; Conf. fondness for, V. xxvii ; different motives for, XIV. xxv; end of, II. xviii; how to be pursued, VI. xi; VIII. xvii; in order to virtue, XIX. vi; necessity of, to complete virtue, XVII. viii; quickly

Plans, what is necessary to concord in, XV. xxxix.

Poetry, benefits of the study of the Book of, VIII. viii; XVII. ix, x; and music, service rendered to by Conf., IX. xiv.

Posthumous titles, on what principle conferred, V. xiv.

Poverty, happiness in, VI. ix; harder to bear aright than riches, XIV. xi; no disgrace to a scholar, IV. ix.

Practical ability, importance of, XIII. v. Practice, Conf. zeal to carry his principles into, XVII. v.

Praise of the house of Châu, VIII. xx; of the music-master Chih, VIII. xv; of Yâo, VIII. xix; of Yü, VIII. xxi.

Praising and blaming, Conf. correctness in, XV. xxiv.

Prayer, sin against Heaven precludes, III. xiii ; Conf. declines, for himself, VII. xxxiv. Precaution, necessity of, XV. xi.

Preliminary study, necessity of, to governing, XI. xxiv.

Presumption, &c., of the chief of the Chi family, XVI. i; and pusillanimity conjoined, XVII. xii.

Pretence, against, II. xvii; Conf. dislike of,

IX. xi.

Pretentiousness of Conf. time, VII. xxv.
Prince and minister, relation of, III. xix;
Conf. demeanour before a, X. ii; Conf. de-
meanour in relation to, X. xiii.

Princes, Conf. influence on, I. x; how to be served, III. xviii.

Principles, agreement in, necessary to concord in plans, XV. xxxix ; and ways of Yao, Shun, &c., XX. i; of duty, an instrument in the hand of man, XV. xxviii.

Prompt decision good, V. xix.

Propriety and music, influence of, XVII. iv; combined with learning, VI. xxv; XII. xv ; effect of, VIII. viii; love of, facilitates government, XIV. xliv ; necessary to a ruler, XV. xxxii; not in external appurtenances, XVII. xi; rules of, I. xii; III. xv; rules of, necessary to be known, XX. iii; value of the rules of, VIII. ii.

Prosperity and ruin of a country, on what de

pendent, XIII. xv; XVI. ii.

Prowess conducting to ruin, XIV. vi.
Prudence, a lesson of, XIV. iv.
Pursuit of riches, against, VII. xi.
Pusillanimity and presumption, XVII. xii.

Qualifications of an officer, VIII. xiii. Qualities that are favourable to virtue, XIII. xxvii; that mark the scholar, XIII. xxviii.

Rash words cannot be recalled, III. xxi.
Readiness of Conf. to impart instruction, VII.
vii; of speech, V. iv; XVII. xiv.
Reading and thought should be combined, II.
XV; XV. xxx.

Rebuke to Zan Yû, &c., XVI. i.
Receptivity of Hûi, II. ix; XI. iii.
Reciprocity, the rule of life, XV. xxiii.

Recluse, Tsze-lû's encounter with a, XVIII. vii.
Recluses, Conf. and the two, XVIII. vi.
Recollection of Hûi, Conf. fond, IX. xx.
Reflection, the necessity of, IX. xxx.

Regretful memory of disciples' fidelity, XI. ii. Relative duties, necessity of maintaining, XII.

xi.

Remark of an ignorant man about Conf., IX. ii. Remonstrance with parents, IV. xviii. Repentance escaped by timely care, I. xiii. Reproof to Tsze-lû, XI. xxiv.

Reproofs, frequent, warning against the use of,
IV. xxvi.

Reputation not a man's concern, XV. xviii.
Resentments, how to ward off, XV. xiv.
Residence, rule for selecting a, IV. i.

Respect, a youth should be regarded with, IX. xxii; of Conf. for men, XV. xxiv; of Conf. for rank, IX. ix.

Retired worthy's judgment on Conf., XIV. xlii. Reverence for parents, II. vii.

Riches, pursuit of, uncertain of success, VII. xi. Right way, importance of knowing the, IV. viii. Righteous and public spirit of Conf., XIV. xxii. Righteousness the Chün-tsze's concern, IV. xvi; is his rule of practice, IV. x.

Root of benevolence, filial and fraternal duty is the, I. ii.

Royal ruler, a, could, in what time, transform the nation, XIII. xii.

Ruin and prosperity dependent on what, XIII.
XV; XVI. ii.

Rule of life, reciprocity the, XV. xxiii.
Ruler, virtue in a, II. i.

Rulers, a lesson to, VIII. x; personal conduct all in all to, XIII. xvi; should not be occupied with what is the proper business of the people, XIII. iv.

Ruling, best means of, II. iii.

Running stream, a, Conf. how affected by, IX.

xvi.

Sacrifice, Conf. sincerity in, III. xii; the great,
III. x, xi; wrong subjects of, II. xxiv.
Sagehood, not in various ability, IX. vi.
Scholar, attributes of the true, XIX. i; his aim
must be higher than comfort, XIV. iii.
Self-cultivation, I. viii; IX. xxiv; a man's
concern, IV. xiv; a characteristic of the
Chün-tsze, XIV. xlv; Conf. anxiety about,
VII. iii; steps in, I. xv.
Self-examination, I. iv.

Selfish conduct causes murmuring, IV. xii.
Self-respect should qualify desire for office, IX.
xii.

Self-willed, Conf. not, XIV. xxxiv.

Sequences, of wisdom, virtue, and bravery, IX. xxviii.

Servants, difficult to treat, XVII. xxv.
Shame of caring only for salary, XIV. i.
Shão, a name of certain music, III. xxv.
Sheep, the monthly offering of a, III. xvii.
Shu-ching, quotation from, II. xxi ; XIV. xliii;
compilation from, XX. i.

Silent mourning, three years of, XIV. xliii.
Simplicity, instance of, VIII. v.

Sincerity, cultivation of, I. iv; necessity of, II. xxii; praise of, V. xxiv.

Slandering of Tsze-lû, XIV. xxxviii.

Slowness to speak, of the ancients, IV. xxii ; of the Chün-tsze, IV. xxiv.

Small advantages not to be desired in govern. ment, XIII. xvii.

Social intercourse, qualities of the superior man in, XIII. xxiii.

Solid excellence blended with ornament, VI. xvi.