otnote 39: The disciple Chung-kung.]

The Master said, What is the good of being glib? Fighting men with
tongue-craft mostly makes men hate you. Whether love be his I do not
know, but what is the good of being glib?

5. The Master moved Ch'i-tiao K'ai to take office.

He answered, For this I want confidence.

The Master was pleased.

6. The Master said, Forsaken is the Way! I must take ship and stem
the seas; and Yu[40] shall go with me.

When Tzu-lu heard this he was glad.

The Master said, Yu loves daring more than I do, but he is at a loss
how to take things.

7. Meng Wu asked whether Tzu-lu had love.

I do not know, said the Master.

He asked again.

A land of a thousand chariots might give Yu charge of its levies; but
whether love be his I do not know.

And how about Ch'iu?[41]

A town of a thousand households, a clan of an hundred chariots might
make Ch'iu governor; but whether love be his I do not know.

And how about Ch'ih?[42]

Standing in the court, girt with his sash, Ch'ih might entertain the
guests; but whether love be his I do not know.

8. The Master said to Tzu-kung, Which is the better man, thou or
Hui[43]?

He answered, How dare I look as high as Hui? When Hui hears one thing,
he understands ten; when I hear one thing I understand two.

The Master said, Thou art not his like. Neither art thou his like, nor
am I.

9. Tsai Yue[44] slept in the daytime.

[Footnote 40: Tzu-lu.]

[Footnote 41: The disciple Jan Yu.]

[Footnote 42: The disciple Kung-hsi Hua.]

[Footnote 43: The disciple Yen Yuean.]

[Footnote 44: The disciple Tsai Wo.]

The Master said, Rotten wood cannot be carved, nor are dung walls
plastered. Why chide with Yue?

The Master said, When I first met men I listened to their words and
took their deeds on trust. When I meet them now, I listen to their
words and watch their deeds. I righted this on Yue.

10. The Master said, I have met no firm man.

One answered, Shen Ch'ang.

The Master said, Ch'ang is passionate; how can he be firm?

11. Tzu-kung said, What I do not wish done to me, I likewise wish not
to do to others.

The Master said, That is still beyond thee, Tz'u.

12. Tzu-kung said, To hear the Master on his art and precepts is
granted us; but to hear him on man's nature and the Way of Heaven is
not.

13. Until Tzu-lu could do what he had heard, his only fear was to hear
more.

14. Tzu-kung asked, Why was K'ung-wen called cultured?

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