he Tsou man's son knows the rites? On going
into the Great Temple he asked about everything.

When he heard this, the Master said, Such is the rite.

16. The Master said, In shooting, the arrow need not go right through
the target, for men are not the same in strength. This was the old
rule.

17. Tzu-kung wished to do away with the sheep offering at the new
moon.

The Master said, Thou lovest the sheep, Tz'u: I love the rite.

18. The Master said: Serve the king with all courtesy, men call it
fawning.

19. Duke Ting asked how a lord should treat his lieges, and how lieges
should serve their lord.

Confucius answered, The lord should treat his lieges with courtesy;
lieges should serve their lord faithfully.

20. The Master said, The poem _The Osprey_ is glad, but not wanton; it
is sad, but not morbid.

21. Duke Ai asked Tsai Wo about the earth-altars.

Tsai Wo answered, The Emperors of the house of Hsia grew firs round
them; the men of Yin grew cypress; the men of Chou grew chestnut,
which was to say, Let the people tremble.[32]

[Footnote 32: _Tremble_ and _chestnut_ have the same sound in
Chinese.]

On hearing this, the Master said, I do not speak of what is ended,
chide what is settled, or find fault with what is past.[33]

[Footnote 33: In old times men had been sacrificed at the
earth-altars, and Tsai Wo's answer might seem to approve the
practice.]

22. The Master said, How shallow was Kuan Chung!

But, said one, was not Kuan Chung thrifty?

The Kuan, said the Master, owned San Kuei, and no one of his household
held two posts: was that thrift?

At least Kuan Chung knew good form.

The Master said, Kings screen their gates with trees; the Kuan, too,
had trees to screen his gate. When two kings are carousing, they have
a stand for the turned-down cups; the Kuan had a turned-down
cup-stand, too! If the Kuan knew good form, who does not know good
form?[34]

[Footnote 34: Kuan Chung (+ 645 B.C.), a famous man in his day, was
chief minister to the Duke of Ch'i, whom he raised to such wealth and
power that he became the leading prince of the empire. His chief merit
lay in taming the barbarous frontier tribes. The rest of his work was
built upon sand and died with him.]

23. The Master said to the Great Master[35] of Lu, We can learn how to
play music; at first each part in unison; then a swell of harmony,
each part distinct, rolling on to the finish.

[Footnote 35: Of music.]

24. The warde