Instruction, how a man may find, VII. xxi.
Instructions to a son about govern- ment, 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 Confucius 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. x., iii.
Joy of Confucius independent of out- ward circumstances, VII. xv. Judgment of Confucius concerning Tsze-ch'an, &c., XIV. x. ; of retired worthy, on Confucius, XIV. xlii.
Keun-tsze. See Superior man. Killing, not to be talked of by rulers, XII. xix.
Knowing and not knowing, II. xvii. Knowledge, disclaimed by Confucius,
IX. vii.; four classes of men in re- lation to, XVI. ix., not lasting with- out virtue, XV. xxxii. ; of Confucius not connate, VIII. xix.; sources of Confucius', XIX. xxii.; subserves benevolence, II. xxii.
Lament over moral error added to natural defect, VIII. xvi. ; sickness of Pih-new, VI. viii.; persistence in error, V. xxvi. ; rarity of the love of virtue, IV. vi.; the rash reply of Tsae Go, III. xxi.; the wayward- ness of men, VI. xiv. ; of Confucius, that men did not know him, XIV. Xxxvii.
Language, the chief virtue of, XV. xl. Learner, the, I. i., xiv.; Confucius
describes himself as a, VII. xviii. Learning and propriety combined, VI. xxv. and XII. xv.; Confucius' fond- ness for, V. xxvii.; different motives for, XIV. xxv.; end of, II. xviii.; how to be pursued, VI. xi. and VIII. xvii.; in order to virtue, XIX. vi.; necessity of, to complete virtue, XVII. viii.; quickly leads to good, VIII. xii.; should not cease or be intermitted, IX. xviii.; substance of, I. vii.; the indications of a real love of, XIX. v.; the stu- dent's workshop, XIX. vii. Lesson, of prudence, XIV. ix.; to
parents and ministers, XIV. viii.; to rulers, VIII. x.; to Tsze-loo, XIII. i.
Lessons and laws, Confucius' actions were, XVII. xix.
Libation, pouring out of, in sacrifice, III. x.
Life, human, valued by Confucius, X. xii.; without uprightness, not true, VI. xvii.
Likings and dislikings of others, in determining a man's character, XIII. xxiv. and X V. xxvii. Literary acquirements, useless without practical ability, XIII. v. Litigation, how Tsze-loo could settle, XII. xii.; it is better to prevent, XII. xiii.
Love of virtue rare, IV. vi. and IX. xvii.
Love to learn, of Confucius, V. xxvii.; of Hwuy, XI. vi.; rarity of, VI. ii. Loving and hating aright, IV. iii.
Madman, the, of Ts'oo, XVIII. v. Man, in relation to principles of duty, XV. xxviii.
Manhood, the vice to be guarded against in, XVI. vii.
Manner of Confucius when unoccupied, VII. iv.
Marriage-making, Confucius in, V. i. Mat, rule of Confucius about his, X. ix.
Maturing of character, rules for, VII. vi.
Mean man, glosses his facts, XIX. viii. See Superior man.
Meanness of Wei-shang, V. xxiii.; not so bad as insubordination, VII.
Moral appliances to be preferred in government, II. iii. Mourners, Confucius' sympathy with, VII. ix., and X. xvi.
Mourning, three years for parents, XVII. xxi.; government, how car- ried on in time of, XIV. xliii.; the trappings of, may be dispensed with, XIX. xiv.
Murder of the duke of Ts'e, XIV. xxii.
Music, and ceremonies, vain without virtue, III. iii.; effect of, VIII. viii.; effect of, on Confucius, VII. xii.; influence of, in government, XVII. iv,; of Shun and Woo com- pared, III. xxv.; on the playing of, III. xxiii.; service rendered to, by Confucius, IX. xiv.; the sound of instruments does not constitute, XVII. xi.
Musicians of Loo, the, dispersion of, XVIII. ix.
Music-master, praise of a, VIII. xv.
Name, danger of a bad, XIX. xx.; without reality, VI. xxiii.
Names, importance of being correct, XIII. iii.
Narrow-mindedness, Tsze-chang on, XIX. ii.
Natural duty and uprightness in col- lision, XIII. xviii.; ease in cere- monies to be prized, I. xii. ; qualities which are favourable to virtue, XIII. xxvii.
Nature of a man, grief brings out the real, XIX. xvii. Neighbourhood, what constitutes the excellence of a, IV. i. Nine subjects of thought to the supe- rior man, XVI. x.
Notoriety, not true distinction, XII.
Ode (s), the Chow-nan and Shaou- nan, XVII. x.; the Kwan-ts'eu, III. xx.; the Yung, III. ii.; Pih- kwei, X. v.; of Ch'ing, XV. x.; the Nga, IX. xiv.; XVII. xviii. Odes, the study of the Book of, XVI. xiii. and XVII. ix., x. ; quotations from the, I. xv., III. xviii., IX. xxvi., XII. x.; the pure design of the, II. ii.
Office, declined by Tsze-k'een, VI. vii.; desire for, qualified by self-respect, IX. xii.; Confucius, why not in, II. xxi.; when to be accepted, and when to be declined, VIII. xiii. Officers, classes of men who may be
styled, XIII. xx.; mercenary, im-
possible to serve with, XVII. xv.; personal correctness essential to, XIII. xiii.; should first attend to their proper work, XIX. xiii. Official notifications of Ch'ing, why excellent, XIV. ix.
Old knowledge, to be combined with new acquisitions, II. xi.
Old man, encounter with an, XVIII. vii.
Opposing a father, disapproved of, VII. xiv.
Ordinances of Heaven necessary to be
Ordinary people could not understand Confucius, XIX. xxiii.; ordinary rules, Confucius not to be judged by, XVII. vii.
Originator, Confucius not an, VII. i.
Parents, grief for, brings out the real nature of a man, XIX. xvii.; how a son may remonstrate with, IV. xviii.; should be strict and decided, XIV. viii.; three years' mourning for, XVII. xxi.; their years to be remem- bered, IV. xxi.
People, what may and what may not be attained to with the, VIII. ix. Perfect virtue, caution in speaking, characteristic of, XII. iii.; charac- teristics of, XIII. xix.; estimation of, V. xviii. and VI. xx.; five things which constitute, XVII. vi.; how to attain to, XII. i.; not easily attained, XIV. vii.; wherein real- ized, XII. ii.
Persistence in error, lament over, V. xxvi.
Perseverance proper to a student, VI. x. Personal attainment, a man's chief concern, I. xvi. and XIV. xxxii. ; conduct, all in all to a ruler, XIII. xvi.; correctness, essential to an officer, XIII. xiii.
Perspicuity the chief virtue of lan- guage, XV. xl.
Pervading unity, Confucius' doctrine a, IV. xv.; how Confucius aimed at, XV. viii.
Phoenix, the, IX. viii. and XVIII. v. Piety, see Filial.
Pity of Confucius for misfortune, IX.
Plans, what is necessary to concord in, XV. xxxix.
Poetry, benefits of the study of the Book of, VIII. viii., and XVII. ix., x.; and music, service rendered to by Confucius, 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.
Practice, Confucius' zeal to carry his principles into, XVII. v.
Praise of the house of Chow, VIII. xx.; of the music-master Ch'e, VIII- xv.; of Yaou, VIII. xix.; of Yu, VIII. xxi.
Praising and blaming, Confucius' cor- rectness in, XV. xxiv. Prayer, sin against Heaven precludes, III. xiii.; Confucius 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 Ke family, XVI. i.; and pusillan- imity conjoined, XVII. xii.
Pretence, against, II. xvii.; Confucius' dislike of, IX. xi.
Pretentiousness of Confucius' time, VII. XXV.
Prince, and minister, relation of, III. xix.; Confucius' demeanour before a, X. ii.; Confucius' demeanour in re- lation to, X. xiii.
Princes, Confucius' influence on, I. x.; how to be served, III. xviii. Principles, agreement in, necessary to concord in plans, XV. xxxix.; and ways of Yaou, 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. and XII. xv.; effect of, VIII. viii.; love of, facilitates go- vernment, 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 dependent, XIII. xv. and XVI. ii.
| Rash words cannot be recalled, III. xxi.
Readiness of Confucius to impart in-
struction, VII. vii.; of speech, V. iv. and XVII. xiv.
Reading and thought, should be com- bined, II. xv. and XV. xxx. Rebuke to Yen Yew, &c., XVI. i. Receptivity of Hwuy, II. ix. and XI. iii.
Reciprocity the rule of life, XV. xxiii. Recluse, Tsze-loo's encounter with a, XVIII. vii.
Recluses, Confucius and the two, XVIII. vi.
Recollection of Hwuy, Confucius' fond, XI. xx.
Reflection, the necessity of, IX. xxx. Regretful memory of disciples' fidelity, XI. ii.
Relative duties, necessity of maintain- ing, XII. xi.
Remark of an ignorant man about Confucius, IX. ii.
Remonstrance with parents, IV. xviii. Repentance escaped by timely care, 1. xiii.
Reproof to Tsze-loo, 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 Confucius for men, XV. xxiv.; of Confucius for rank, IX. ix.
Retired worthy's judgment on Confu- cius, 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 Con- fucius, XIV. xxii.
Righteousness the Keun-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 empire, XIII. xii. Ruin and prosperity dependent on what, XIII. xv. and 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.
progress, different persons stop at different, IX. xxix.
States of Ts'e and Loo, VI. xxii.
Running stream, a, Confucius how af- Strange doctrines, II. xvi. fected by, IX. xvi.
Sacrifice, Confucius' sincerity in, III. xii.; the great, III. x., xi.; wrong subjects of, II. xxiv. Sagehood, not in various ability, IX.
Scholar, attributes of the true, XIX. i.; his aim must be higher than comfort, XIV. iii.
Self-cultivation, I. viii. and IX. xxiv. ; a man's concern, IV. xiv.; a charac- teristic of the Keun-tsze, XIV. xlv.; Confucius' 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, Confucius 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. Shaou, a name of certain music, III.
Sheep, the monthly offering of a, III.
Shoo-king, 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.; ne- cessity of, II. xxii.; praise of, V. xxiv.
Slandering of Tsze-loo, XIV. xxxviii. Slowness to speak, of the ancients, IV. xxii.; of the Keun-tsze, IV. xxiv. Small advantages not to be desired in government, XIII. xvii.
Social intercourse, qualities of the scholar in, XIII. xxiii. Solid excellence blended with orna- ment, VI. xvi.
Son, a, opposing his father, against, VII. xiv.; Confucius' instruction of his own, XVI. xiii.
Sources of Confucius' knowledge, XIX.
Specious words, danger of, XV. xxvi. Speech, discretion in, XV. vii. Spirit of the times, against, III. xviii. Spirits, Confucius evades a question abott serving, XI. xi. ; of the land, altars of, III. xxi.
Stages of attainment, VI. xviii.; of
Strength, not a fit subject of praise, XIV. XXXV.
Student's proper work, XIX. xiii. Stupidity of Ning Woo, V. xx. Subjects, avoided by Confucius, VII. xx.; of Confucius' teaching, VII. xxiv. See Topics. Submission of subjects, how secured,
Substantial qualities, and accomplish- ments, in the Keun-tsze, XII. viii. Sun and moon, Confucius like the, XIX. xxiv.
Superficial speculations, against, XV. xvi.
Superior and mean man, II. xii., xiii., xiv., IV. xi., xvi., VI. xi., VII. xxxvi., XVI. viii.; different air and bearing of, XIII. xxvi.; different in their relation to those employed by them, XIII. xxv.; different manners of, XIII. xxiii.; different tendencies of, XIV. xxiv. ; how to know, XV. xxxiii.; opposite influence of, XII. xvi.
Superior man, above distress, XV. i. ;
changing appearances of, to others, XIX. ix.; cleaves to virtue, IV. v.; does not conceal, but changes, his errors, XIX. xxi.; firmness of, based on right, XV. xxxvi.; four charac- teristics of, V. xv.; is righteous, courteous, humble, and sincere, XV. xvii.; more in deeds than in words, XIV. xxix.; nine subjects of thought to, XVI. x.; rule about his words and actions, IV. xxiv. ; self-cultiva- tion, characteristic of, XIV. xlv.; talents and virtues of, VIII. vi.; thoughts of in harmony with his position, XIV. xxviii. ; truth the ob- ject of, XV. xxxi.; various charac- teristics of, XV. xx., xxii., xxiii. ; wishes to be had in remembrance, XV. xix.
Superiority of Hwuy, VI. ii., v. Superstition of Tsang Wăn, V. xvii. Supreme authority ought to maintain its power, XVI. ii.
Susceptivity of learners, teachers to be guided by, VI. xix.
Swiftness to speak, incompatible with virtue, XVII. xiv.
Sympathy of Confucius with mourners, VII. ix.; with sorrow, IX. ix.
Talents, men of, scarce, VIII. xx. ; worthless without virtue, VIII. xi.
Taxation, light, advantages of, XII.
Teacher, qualification of a, II. xi. Teaching, effect of, XV. xxxviii.; Con- fucius earnestness in, IX. vii.; Confucius' subjects of, VII. xxiv. graduated method of, XIX. xii.; necessary to prepare the people for war, XIII. xxix., xxx.
Temple, Confucius in the grand, XIII. xv. and X. xiv.
Thieves made by the example of rulers, XII. xviii.
Think, those who will not, the case of, hopeless, XV. xv.
Thinking without reading, fruitless, XV. xxx.
Thought and learning, to be combined, II. XV.
Three, errors of speech, in the presence of the great, XVI. vi.; families, of Loo, III. 11.; friendships advantage- ous, and three injurious, XVI. iv. ; sources of enjoyment, id. id., XVI. v.; things of which the superior man stands in awe, XVI. viii.; years' mourning, XIV. xliii., XVII. xxi.; worthies of the Yin dynasty, XVIII.i. Thunder, Confucius how affected by, X. xvi.
Topics, avoided by Confucius, VII. xx.; most common of Confucius, VII. xvii.; seldom spoken on by Con- fucius, IX. i.
Traditions of the principles of Wăn and Woo, XIX. xxii. Training of the young, I. vi. Transmitter, Confucius a, VII. i. Trappings of mourning may be dis- pensed with, XIX. xiv.
Treatment of a powerful but unworthy officer by Confucius, XVII. i. True men, paucity of, in Confucius' time, VII. xxv.
Truthfulness, necessity of, I. xxii. Two classes only whom practice cannot change, XVII. iii.; recluses, Con- fucius and the, XVIII. vi.
Unbending virtue, V. x. Unchangeableness of great principles, II. xxiii.
Unity of Confucius' doctrine, IV. xv. and XV. ii. Unmannerly old man, Confucius' con- duct to an, XIV. xlvi. Unoccupied, Confucius' manner when, VII. iv.
Unworthy man, Confucius responds to the advances of an, XVII. vii. Uprightness, and natural duty in col- lision, XIII. xviii. ; meanness incon-
sistent with, V. xxiii.; necessary to true virtue, VI. xvii.
Usurped rites, against, III. i., ii., vi. Usurping tendencies of the Ke family, XIII. xiv.
Utensil, Tsze-kung an, V. iii.; the ac- complished scholar not an, II. xii.
Valour subordinate to righteousness, XVII. xxiii.
Various ability of Confucius, IX. vi. Vice, how to correct, XII. xxi. Vices, of a father, no discredit to a good son, VI. iv.; which youth, manhood, and age have to guard against, XVI. vii.
Village, Confucius' demeanour in his, X. i., x.
Vindication, Confucius', of himself, VI. xxvi.; of Confucius by Tsze-loo, XVIII. vii.
Virtue, alone adapts a man for his con- dition, IV. ii.; and not strength, a fit subject of praise, XIV. xxxv.; cere- monies and music vain without, III. iii.; complete, I. i.; contentment with what is vulgar injures, XVII. xiii.; devotion of the Keun-tsze to, IV. v.; exceeding, of T'ae-pih, VIII. i.; few really know, XV. iii.; how to exalt, XII. x., xxi. ; in conceal- ing one's merit, VI. xiii.; influence of, II. i.; knowledge not lasting without, XV. xxxii.; leading to em- pire, XIV. vi.; learning necessary to the completion of, XVII. viii.; learning leading to, XIX. vi.; love of, rare, IV. vi., IX. xvii., XV. xii.; natural qualities which favour, XIII. xxvii.; not far to seek, VII. xxix. ; the highest, not easily attained, and incompatible with meanness, XIV. vii.; the practice of, aided by inter- course with the good, XV. ix.; to be valued more than life, XV. viii. ; true nature and art of, VI. xxviii.; with- out wealth, &c., XVI. xii. Virtues, the great, demand the chief attention, XIX. xi.
Virtuous men, not left alone, IV. xxv.; only can love or hate others, IV. iii. Vocation of Confucius, a stranger's view of, III. xxiv.
Vulgar ways and views, against con- tentment with, XVII. xiii.
War, how a good ruler prepares the people for, XIII. xxix., xxx. Warning to Tsze-loo, XI. xii. Waywardness, lament over, VI. xv. Wealth without virtue, &c., XVI. xii.
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