10. Confucius remarked, "A wise man in his judgment of the world, has no predilections nor prejudices; he is on the side of what is right."

II. Confucius remarked, "A wise man regards the moral worth of a man; a fool, only his position.18 A wise man expects justice; a fool expects favours."

12. Confucius remarked, "If you always look only to your own advantage you will be sure to make many enemies."

13. Confucius remarked, "He who can rule a country by real courtesy and good manners that are in him, will find no difficulty in doing it. But a ruler who has no real courtesy and good manners in him, what can the mere rules of etiquette and formality avail him."

14. Confucius remarked, "Be not concerned for want of a position; be concerned how to fit yourself for a position. Be not concerned that you are not known, but seek to do something to deserve a reputation."

15. Confucius remarked to a disciple, "In all my life and teaching there is one underlying

18 We venture to think that there is a palpable misprint here in the text of "earth,” for "position", which has hitherto escaped all Chinese commentators. The old seal characters for the two words are identical; hence the misprint.

connected principle." "Even so," answered the disciple.

Afterwards, when Confucius had left, the other disciples asked the disciple who was above spoken to, "What did the master mean by what he said just now?" "The principle in the master's life and teaching," answered the disciple, "is comprised in the two words: conscientiousness and charity."

16. Confucius remarked, "A wise man sees what is right in a question; a fool, what is advantageous to himself." 1919

17. Confucius remarked, "When we meet with men of worth, we should think how we may equal them. When we meet with worthless men, we should turn into ourselves and find out if we do not resemble them."

18. Confucius remarked, "In serving his parents a son should seldom remonstrate with them; but if he was obliged to do so, and should find that they will not listen, he should yet not fail in respect nor disregard their wishes; however much trouble they may give him, he should never complain."

19 Sir CHALONER ALABASTER translates thus: "The gentleman regards what is right; the cad regards what will pay."

19. Confucius remarked, "While his parents are living, a son should not go far abroad; if he does, he should let them know where he goes."

20. Confucius remarked, ""A son who for three years after his father's death does not, in his own life, change his father's principles, may be considered to be a good son."

21. Confucius remarked, "A son should always keep in mind the age of his parents, as a matter for thankfulness as well as for anxiety."

22. Confucius remarked, "Men of old kept silence for fear lest what they said should not come up to what they did." 23. Confucius remarked, "He who wants little 20 seldom goes wrong."

24. Confucius remarked, "A wise man wants to be slow in speech and diligent in conduct."

25. Confucius remarked, "Moral worth is never left alone; society is sure to grow round him."

26. A disciple of Confucius remarked, "In the service of your prince, if you keep constantly pointing out his errors it will lead to your disgrace; if you act in the same way to your friends it will estrange them."

20 Better, perhaps, "He who confines his sphere."

"You will find, on the average, fewer bad economists in the country than in the towns; fewer again in small towns than in large ones. Why? Man is intended for a limited condition."-Goethe.

CHAPTER V.

1. Confucius remarked of a disciple, saying, "No man need hesitate to give his daughter to such a man to wife. It is true he has been in prison, but it was through no crime of his."

Confucius accordingly gave him his own daughter

to wife.

Confucius remarked of another disciple, saying, "When there is order and justice in the government of the country, he will not be neglected. But should there be no order and justice in the government of the country, he will escape persecution."

wife.

Confucius accordingly gave his niece to him to

2. Confucius then went on to remark of another disciple saying, "What a wise and good man he is! I wonder if there were no wise and good men in the country, how that man could have acquired the character he has."

3. Another disciple who heard the above remarks said then to Confucius, "And I, what do you say of

me?"

"You are," answered Confucius, "a work of art." "What work of art?" asked the other. "A rich jewelled work of art," was the reply.

4. Somebody remarked of a disciple of Confucius, saying, "He is a good moral man, but he is not a man of ready wit."

When Confucius heard the remark, he said, "What is the good of a ready wit? A man who is always ready with his tongue to others will only often make enemies. I do not know if he is a moral man, but I do not see the good of having a ready wit."

5. Confucius on one occasion wanted a disciple to enter public life. "No," answered the disciple, "I have not yet confidence in myself." Thereupon Confucius commended him.

6. Confucius on one occasion remarked, "There is no order and justice now in the government in China. I will betake me to a ship and sail over the sea to seek for it in other countries. If I take anybody with me, I will take Yu," referring to a disciple.

21

The disciple referred to, when he heard of what

Confucius said, was glad, and offered to go.

21 The St. Peter of the Confucian gospel; a brave, intrepid, impetuous, chivalrous character. His name is Chung Yu, Chi-lu being his honorific name. We make exception to our rule in his case, as in the case of Yen Hui, mentioned in Chapter II, Section 9.