6. It is said in the Book of Poetry, "I regard with pleasure your brilliant virtue, making no great display of itself in sounds and appearances. The Master said, Among the appliances to transform the people, sounds and appearances are but trivial influences. It is said in another ode, 'Virtue is light as a hair.' Still, a hair will admit of comparison as to its size. The doings of the supreme Heaven have neither sound nor smell.'-That is perfect virtue." 66 The above is the thirty-third chapter. Tsze-sze having carried his descriptions to the extremest point in the preceding chapters, turns back in this, and examines the source of his subject; and then again from the work of the learner, free from all selfishness, and watchful over himself when he is alone, he carries out his description, till by easy steps he brings it to the consummation of the whole empire tranquillized by simple and sincere reverentialness. He farther eulogizes its mysteriousness, till he speaks of it at last as without sound or smell. He here takes up the sum of his whole Work, and speaks of it in a compendious manner. Most deep and earnest was he in thus going again over his ground, admonishing and instructing men :-shall the learner not do his utmost in the study of the Work? the She-king, Pt IV. Bk I. Sect. I. iv. 3. But in the She-king we must translate," There is nothing more illustrious than the virtue of the sovereign, all the princes will follow it." Tsze-sze puts another meaning on the words, and makes them introductory to the next paragraph. The superior man "must here be "he who has attained to the sovereignty of the empire," the subject of chapter xxix. Thus it is that a constant shuffle of terms seems to be going on, and the subject before us is all at once raised to a higher and inaccessible platform. 6. Virtue in its highest degree and influence. See the She-king, Pt III. Bk I. viii. 7. The "I" is God, who announces to king Wăn the reasons why he had called him to execute his judgments. Wăn's virtue, not sounded nor emblazoned, might come near to the being without display of the last paragraph, but Confucius fixes on the word "great" to show its shortcoming. It had some, though not large exhibition. He therefore quotes again from Pt III. Bk III. vi. 6, though away from the original intention of the words. But it does not satisfy him that virtue should be likened even to a hair. He therefore finally quotes Pt III. Bk I. i. 7, where the imperceptible working of Heaven, in producing the overthrow of the Yin dynasty, is set forth as without sound or smell. That is his highest conception of the nature and power of virtue. INDEXES. INDEX I. OF SUBJECTS IN THE CONFUCIAN ANALECTS. Ability, various of Confucius, IX. vi. Abroad, when a son may go, IV. xix. Achievement of government, the great, Acknowledgment of Confucius in es- Adaptation for government of Yen Admiration, Yen Yuen's, of Confucius' Admonition of Confucius to Tsze-loo, Advanced years, improvement difficult Adversity, men are known in times of, Advice against useless expenditure, Age, the vice to be guarded against in, Aim, the chief, I. xvi. XXV. An all-pervading unity, the knowledge Ancients, their slowness to speak, IV. Antiquity, Confucius' fondness for Anxiety of parents, II. vi.; of Con- fucius about the training of his dis- Appearances, fair, are suspicious, I. Appreciation, what conduct will in- Approaches of the unlikely, readily Aptitude of the Keun-tsze, II. xii. Ardent and cautious disciples, Con- Ardour of Tsze-loo, V. vi. Attachment to Confucius of Yen Yuen, Attainment, different stages of, VI. Attainments of Hwuy, like those of Attributes of the true scholar, XIX. i. Avenge murder, how Confucius wished Bad name, the danger of a, XIX. xx, Becloudings of the mind, XVII. viii. Benevolence, to be exercised with pru- Blind, consideration of Confucius for Boldness, excessive, of Tsze-loo, VII. X. Burial, Confucius' dissatisfaction with Business, every man should mind his Calmness of Confucius in danger, VII. Capacity of Mang Kung-ch'o, XIV. xii. Capacities of the superior and inferior Carriage, Confucius at and in his, X. Character (s), admirable, of Tsze-yu, Climbing the heavens, equalling Con- Common practices, some indifferent Comparison of Sze and Shang, XI. xv. Compass and vigour of mind necessary XXV. Condemnation of Tsang. Woo-Chung, Condition, only virtue adapts a man Conduct that will be everywhere ap- Confidence, enjoying, necessary to serv- Consideration, of Confucius for the Constant Mean, the, VI. xxvii. .XVI. xi. Contention, the superior man avoids, Contentment in poverty of Tsze-loo, Contrast of Hwuy and Tsze, XI. xviii. Countenance, the, in filial piety, I. .viii. Courage, not doing right from want of, Criminal judge, should cherish com- Danger, Confucius assured in time of Dead, offices to the, I. ix. Declined, what Confucius, to be reck- Defects of former times become modern vices, XVII. xvi. Defence, of himself by Confucius, XIV. Demeanour of Confucius, X. i. to v., xiii. Departure of Confucius, from Loo, Description of himself as a learner, by Desire and ability, required in disciples, Development of knowledge, II. xi. Dignity, necessary in a ruler, XV. Disciples, anxiety about training, V. xxi. Discrimination of Confucius in reward- ing officers, VI. iii.; without sus- Dispersion of the musicians of Loo, Distinction, notoriety not, XII. xx. of a, VII. xxii., IX. v. Dreams of Confucius affected by dis- Dress, rules of Confucius in regard to Dying counsels to a man in high sta- Dynasties, Yin, Hea, and Chow, VIII. iv., III. xx.; Yin and Hea, III. ix. ; Earnestness in teaching of Confucius, Egotism, instance of freedom from, Eight able officers of the Chow dynasty, Emolument, learning for, II. xviii. ; shameful to care only for, XIV. i. XXV. Error, how acknowledged by Confu- Essential, what is, in different services, Estimate, Confucius' humble, of him- Estimation of others, not a man's con- Example, better than force, II. xx.; Fair appearances are suspicious, I. iii., Fasting, rules observed by Confucius Father's vices, no discredit to a virtu- Faults of men, characteristic of their Feelings, need not always be spoken, Fidelity of his disciples, Confucius' Filial piety, I. xi., IV. xix., xx., xxi. ; Five excellent things to be honoured, Flattery of sacrificing to others' an- Earnest student, Hwuy the, IX. xix. Food, rules of Confucius about his, X. Foreknowledge, how far possible, II. Forethought, necessity of, XV. xi. Former times, Confucius' preference Forward youth, Confucius' employ- Four bad things, to be put away, XX. Frailties from which Confucius was Fraternal submission, I. ii. IX. xxiv. ; trait of Confucius in re- Friendship, how to maintain, V. xvi. ; Friendships, what, advantageous and Frivolous talkers, against, XV. xvi. Furnace, the, and the S. W. Corner, of Gain, the mean man's concern, IV. Generosity of Pih-e and Shuh-ts'e, Glib-tongued, Confucius not, XIV. xxxiv. Glibness of tongue and beauty, es- Gluttony and idleness, case of, hope- God, address to, XX. i. Golden rule, expressed with negatives, Good fellowship of Confucius, VII. Good, learning leads to, VIII. xii, Governing, the art of, XII. xiv.; with- Gradual progress of Confucius, II. iv.; Home, Confucius at, X. xvi.; how Confucius could be not at, XVII, xx. House and wall, the comparison of a, Humble claim of Confucius for himself, V. xxvii.; estimate of himself, VII. Humility of Confucius, VII. xxvi. Idleness of Tsae Yu, V. ix.; case of, Ignorant man's remark about Con- Impatience, danger of, XV. xxvi. Improvement, self, II. xviii.; difficult Indifference of the officer King to Inferior pursuits, inapplicable to great |