求其本復自下學爲 因前章極致之言反 右第三十三章子思 臭有也懷篤 至倫詩聲明 矣。上 德之 之鞧於 百辟其刑之是故君子 載如以聲 平。是 無毛化以詩 # 毛民色 無猶末子子 virtue. All the princes imitate it.' Therefore, the superior man being sincere and reverential, the whole world is conducted to a state of happy tranquillity. 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, “ His 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.' 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 punish the rebellious and refractory. The 鉞 | the Shih-ching, III. i. Ode VII. st. 7. The ‘I' is described as a large-handled axe, eight cat- is God, who announces to king Wan the reasons ties in weight. I call it a battle-axe, because why he had called him to execute his judgit was with one that king Wù despatched the ments. Wăn's virtue, not sounded nor embla. tyrant Châu. 5. The same subject continued. , see the Shih-ching, IV. i.Bk. I. Ode IV. st. 3. But in the Shih-ching 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. 君子 must here be the 天下者 of chap. xxix. Thus it is that a zoned, might come near to the 不顯 of last paragraph, but Confucius fixes on the to show its shortcoming. It had some, though not large exhibition. He therefore quotes again from III. iii. Ode VI. st. 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 III. i. Ode I. st. 7, where the imperceptible working constant shuffle of terms seems to be going on, of Heaven(載=事), in producing the over and the subject before us is all at once raised to throw of the Yin dynasty, is set forth as without a higher, and inaccessible platform. 6. Virtue sound or smell. That is his highest conception -see of the nature and power of virtue. in its highest degree and influence. 詩云 selfishness, and watchful over himself when he is alone, he carries out his descrip tion, till by easy steps he brings it to the consummation of the whole kingdom 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 ? INDEX I. OF SUBJECTS IN THE CONFUCIAN ANALECTS. Ability, various, of Conf., IX. vi. Able officers, eight, of Châu, XVIIL xi. Achievement of government, the great, XIII. Acknowledgment of Conf. in estimating him- Acting heedlessly, against, VII. xxvii. Admiration, Yen Yüan's, of Conf. doctrines, Admonition of Conf. to Taze-lû, XI. xiv. Adversity, men are known in times of, IX. Advice against useless expenditure, XI. xiii. Aims, of Taze-lû, Tsǎng Hsi, &c., XI. xxv. Anarchy of Conf. time, III. v. Ancient rites, how Conf. cleaved to, III. xvii. Anxiety of parents, II. vi; of Conf. about the Appearances, fair, are suspicious, I. iii; XVII. Appellations for the wife of a prince, XVI. xiv. Approbation, Conf., of Nan Yung, XI. v. Archery, contention in, III. vii; a discipline of Ardent and cautious disciples, Conf. obliged to Ardour of Taze-lû, V. vi. Art of governing, XII. xiv. Assent without reformation, a hopeless case, Attachment to Conf. of Yen Yüan, XI. xxiii. Auspicious omens, Conf. gives up hope for want Avenge murder, how Conf. wished to, XIV. xxii. Bad name, the danger of a, XIX. xx. Benefits derived from studying the Odes, XVII. Blind, consideration of Conf. for the, XV. xli. Calmness of Conf. in danger, VII. xxii. Capacity of Măng Kung-ch'o, XIV. xii. Careful, about what things Conf. was, VII. xii. refuses to sell his, to assist a needless expen- Caution, advantages of, IV. xxiii; repentance Claimed, what Conf., VII. xxxiii. Classes of men, in relation to knowledge, four, Climbing the heavens, equalling Conf. like, Common practices, some indifferent and others Communications to be proportioned to suscep- Comparison of Shih and Shang, XI. xv. Compassion, how a criminal judge should Complete man, of the, XIV. xiii; virtue, I. Concealment not practised by Conf. with his Concubines, difficult to treat, XVII. xxv. Confidence, enjoying, necessary to serving and Connate, Conf. knowledge not, VII. xix. Constancy of mind, importance of, XIII. xxii. Contemporaries of Conf. described, XVI. xi. Contrast of Hûi and Ts'ze, XI. xviii. Countenance, the, in filial piety, II. viii. Culpability of not reforming known faults, XV. Danger, Conf. assured in time of, IX. v. Death, Conf. evades a question about, XI. xi; Declined, what Conf., to reckon himself, VII. Defects of former times become modern vices, Defence of himself by Conf., XIV. xxxvi ;. of Delusions, how to discover, XII. x, xxi. Departure of Conf. from Lû, XVIII. iv; from Depreciation, Conf. above the reach of, XIX. Description of himself as a learner, by Conf., Desire and ability required in disciples, VII. Development of knowledge, II. xi. Differences of character, owing to habit, XVII. ii. Disciples, anxiety about training, V. xxi Dispersion of the musicians of Lâ, XVIIL xi Doctrine of Conf., admiration of, IX. x. Dress, rules of Conf. in regard to his, X. vi Dynasties, Yin, Hsia, and Châu, VIII. iv: Earnest student, Hûi the, IX. xix Earnestness in teaching, of Conf., LX. vii. Emolument, learning for, II. xviii; shameful End, the, crowns the work, IX. xxi. Equalled, Conf. cannot be, XIX. xxv. Error, how acknowledged by Conf., VII. xxI Estimation of others, not a man's concern, Example better than force, II. xx; govern- ment efficient by, &c., XII. xvii, xviii, xix; Extravagant speech, hard to be made good, Fair appearances are suspicious, I. iii; XVII. Fasting, rules observed by Conf. when, X. vii. Faults of men characteristic of their class, IV. Feelings need not always be spoken, XIV. iv. Filial piety, I. xi; IV. xix, xx, xxi; argu. Firmness of superior man based on right, XV. Five excellent things to be honoured, XX. ii ; Food, rules of Conf. about his, X. viii. Former times, Conf. preference for. XI. i. Foundation of virtue, I. ii. Four bad things to be put away, XX. ii; classes of men in relation to knowledge, XVI. ix. Friends, rule for choosing, I. viii; IX. xxiv ; Frivolous talkers, against, XV. xvi. Funeral rites, Conf. dissatisfaction with Hûi's, Furnace, the, and the south-west corner of a Gain, the mean man's concern, IV. xvi. Glib-tongued, Conf. not, XIV. xxxiv. Glossing faults, a proof of the mean man, XIX. Gluttony and idleness, case of, hopeless, XVII. God, address to, XX. i. Golden rule, expressed with negatives, V. xi; Good fellowship of Conf., VII. xxxi. Government, good, seen from its effects, XIII. Gradual progress of Conf., II. iv; communica- Grief, Conf. vindicates his for Hûi, XI. ix. Happiness of Conf. among his disciples, XI. xii ; Haste, not to be desired in government, XIII. Heaven, Conf. rested in the ordering of, XIV. Hesitating faith Tsze-chang on, XIX. ii. Home, Conf. at, X. xvi; how Conf. could be Hope, Conf. gives up, for want of auspicious Hopeless case of gluttony and idleness, XVII. reforming, IX. xxiii.; of those who will not House and wall, the comparison of a, XIX. xxiii. Humble claim of Conf. for himself, V. xxvii; Hundred years, what good government could Idleness of Tsâi Yü, V. ix; case of, hopeless, Ignorant man's remark about Conf., IX. ii. Imperial rites, usurpation of, III i, ii, vi. Incompetency, our own, a fit cause of concern, Indifference of the officer Ching to riches, XIII. Indignation of Conf. at the usurpation of royal Instruction, how a man may find, VII. xxi. Lament over moral error added to natural de- fect, VIII. xvi; sickness of Po-niû, VI. viii ; Language, the chief virtue of, XV. xl. Learning and propriety combined, VI. xxv; |