his mother.

The Master said, Give her six pecks.

He asked for more.

The Master said, Give her sixteen.

Jan gave her eight hundred.

The Master said, On his way to Ch'i, Ch'ih[51] was drawn by sleek
horses and clad in light furs. I have heard that gentlemen help the
needy, not that they swell riches.

[Footnote 48: The disciple Chung-kung.]

[Footnote 49: The disciple Yen Yuean.]

[Footnote 50: The disciple Kung-hsi Hua, or Kung-hsi Ch'ih.]

[Footnote 51: Kung-hei Ch'ih.]

When Yuean Ssu was made governor he was given nine hundred measures of
grain, which he refused.

Not so, said the Master: why not take it and give it to thy neighbours
and countryfolk?

4. The Master said of Chung-kung, If the calf of a brindled cow be red
and horned, though men be shy to offer him, will the hills and streams
reject him?

5. The Master said, For three months together Hui's[52] heart never
sinned against love. The others may hold out for a day, or a month,
but no more.

6. Chi K'ang[53] asked whether Chung-yu[3] was fit to govern.

The Master said, Yu[54] is firm; what would governing be to him?

And is Tz'u[55] fit to govern?

Tz'u is thorough; what would governing be to him?

And is Ch'iu[56] fit to govern?

Ch'in is clever; what would governing be to him?

7. The Chi sent to make Min Tzu-ch'ien[6] governor of Pi.

Min Tzu-ch'ien said, Make some good excuse for me. If he sends again I
must be across the Wen.

8. When Po-niu[57] was ill the Master asked after him. Grasping his
hand through the window, he said, He is going. It is the Bidding; but
why this man of such an illness? Why this man of such an illness?

[Footnote 52: Yen Yuean.]

[Footnote 53: The head of the Chi clan after Chi Huan.]

[Footnote 54: The disciple Tzu-lu.]

[Footnote 55: The disciple Tzu-kung.]

[Footnote 56: The disciple Jan Yu.]

[Footnote 57: A disciple.]

9. The Master said. What a man was Hui![58] A bowl of rice, a gourd of
water, in a low alley; man cannot bear such misery! Yet Hui never fell
from mirth. What a man he was!

10. Jan Ch'iu[59] said, It is not that I take no pleasure in the
Master's Way: I want strength.

[Footnote 58: Yen Yuean.]

[Footnote 59: Jan Yu.]

The Master said, He that wants strength faints midway; but thou
drawest a line.

11. The Master said to Tzu-hsia, Study to be a gentleman, not as the
small man studies.

12. When Tzu-yu was governor of Wu-ch'eng, the Master said, Hast thou