hat! The weights and measures men! said the Master. Are they worth
reckoning?

21. The Master said, As I cannot get men of the middle way I have to
fall back on zealous and austere men. Zealous men push ahead and take
things up, and there are things that austere men will not do.

22. The Master said, The men of the south have a saying, 'Unless he is
stable a man will make neither a wizard nor a leech.' This is true.
'His instability of mind may disgrace him.'

The Master said, Neglect of the omens, that is all.

23. The Master said, Gentlemen unite, but are not the same. Small men
are all the same, but each for himself.

24. Tzu-kung said, If the whole countryside loved a man, how would
that be?

It would not do, said the Master.

And how would it be, if the whole countryside hated him?

It would not do, said the Master. It would be better if all the good
men of the countryside loved him and all the bad men hated him.

25. The Master said, A gentleman is easy to serve and hard to please.
If we go from the Way to please him, he is not pleased; but his
commands are measured to the man. A small man is hard to serve and
easy to please. Though we go from the Way to please him, he is
pleased; but he expects everything of his men.

26. The Master said, A gentleman is high-minded, not proud; the small
man is proud, but not high-minded.

27. The Master said, Strength and courage, simplicity and modesty are
akin to love.

28. Tzu-lu asked, When can a man be called a knight?

The Master said, To be earnest, encouraging and kind may be called
knighthood: earnest and encouraging with his friends, and kind to his
brothers.

29. The Master said, If a good man taught the people for seven years,
they would be fit to bear arms too.

30. The Master said, To take untaught men to war is called throwing
them away.

BOOK XIV

1. Hsien[128] asked, What is shame?

The Master said, To draw pay when the land keeps the Way and to draw
pay when it has lost the Way, is shame.

2. To eschew strife and bragging, spite and greed, would that be love?

The Master said, That may be hard to do; but I do not know that it is
love.

3. The Master said, A knight that is fond of ease does not amount to a
knight.

4. The Master said, Whilst the land keeps the Way, be fearless of
speech and fearless in deed; when the land has lost the Way, be
fearless in deed but soft of speech.

5. The Master said, A man of mind can always