n of Yi asked to see Confucius, saying, No gentleman has
ever come here whom I have failed to see.

The followers took him in.

On leaving he said, My two-three boys, why lament your fall? The Way
has long been lost below heaven! Now Heaven shall make the Master into
a warning bell.

25. The Master said of the music of Shao, It is thoroughly beautiful,
and thoroughly good, too. Of the music of Wu, he said, It is
thoroughly beautiful, but not thoroughly good.

26. The Master said, Rank without beauty; ceremony without reverence;
mourning without grief, why should I cast them a glance?

BOOK IV

1. The Master said, Love makes a spot beautiful: who chooses not to
dwell in love, has he got wisdom?

2. The Master said, Loveless men cannot bear need long, they cannot
bear fortune long. Loving men find peace in love, the wise find profit
in it.

3. The Master said, Love alone can love others, or hate others.

4. The Master said, A will set on love is free from evil.

5. The Master said, Wealth and honours are what men desire; but do not
go from the Way, to keep them. Lowliness and want are hated by men;
but do not go from the Way, to escape them.

Shorn of love, is a gentleman worthy of the name? Not for one moment
may a gentleman sin against love; he must not do so in flurry and
haste, nor do so in utter overthrow.

6. The Master said, I have seen no one that loves love and hates
uncharity. He that loves love will set nothing higher. The hater of
uncharity is so given to love that no uncharity can enter into his
life. If a man were to give his strength to love for one day, I have
seen no one whose strength would fail him. There may be such men, but
I have not seen one.

7. The Master said, A man and his faults are of a piece. By watching
his faults we learn whether love be his.

8. The Master said, To learn the Way at daybreak and die at eve were
enough.

9. The Master said, A knight[36] in quest of the Way, who is ashamed
of bad clothes and bad food, it is idle talking to.

[Footnote 36: _Shih:_ a gentleman entitled to bear arms, not a knight
in armour.]

10. The Master said, A gentleman has no likes or dislikes below
heaven. He follows right.

11. The Master said, The gentleman cherishes mind, the small man
cherishes dirt. Gentlemen trust in the law, the small man trusts in
favour.

12. The Master said, The chase of gain is rich in hate.

13. The Master said, What is it to sway a kingdom