Confucian Sampler Confucian Sampler n Analects 1 14

Confucian Sampler n Analects 1. 14 The Master said, ‘The gentleman seeks neither a

Confucian Sampler n Analects 2. 4 The Master said, ‘At fifteen I set my

Confucian Sampler n Analects 3. 18 Tzu-hsia asked, ‘Her entrancing smile dimpling, Her beautiful

Confucian Sampler n Analects 4. 7 The Master said, ‘In his errors a man

Confucian Sampler n Analects 6. 18 The Master said, ‘When there is a preponderance

Confucian Sampler n Analects 8. 9 The Master said, ‘the common people can be

Confucian Sampler n Analects 11. 11 When Yuan died, the disciples wanted to give

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Confucian Sampler

Confucian Sampler n Analects 1. 14 The Master said, ‘The gentleman seeks neither a full belly nor a comfortable home. He is quick in action but cautious in speech. He goes to men possessed of the Way to be put right. Such a man can be described as eager to learn. ’

Confucian Sampler n Analects 2. 4 The Master said, ‘At fifteen I set my heart on learning; at thirty I took my stand; at forty I came to be free from doubts; at fifty I understood the decree of Heaven; at sixty my ear was attuned; at seventy I followed my heart’s desire without overstepping the line. ’

Confucian Sampler n Analects 3. 18 Tzu-hsia asked, ‘Her entrancing smile dimpling, Her beautiful eyes glancing, * Patterns of colour upon plain silk. ’ What is the meaning of these lines? The master said, ‘The colours are put in after the white. ’ ‘Does the practice of the rites likewise come afterwards? ’ The master said, ‘It is you, Shang, who have thrown light on the text for me. Only with a man like you can one discuss the Odes. ’ * Ode 57

Confucian Sampler n Analects 4. 7 The Master said, ‘In his errors a man is true to type. Observe his errors and you will know the man. ’

Confucian Sampler n Analects 6. 18 The Master said, ‘When there is a preponderance of native substance over acquired refinement, the result will be churlishness. When there is a preponderance of acquired refinement over native substance, the result will be pedantry. Only a wellbalanced admixture of these two will result in gentlemanliness. ’

Confucian Sampler n Analects 8. 9 The Master said, ‘the common people can be made to follow a path, but not to understand it. ’

Confucian Sampler n Analects 11. 11 When Yuan died, the disciples wanted to give him a lavish burial. The Master said, ‘It would not be proper. ’ All the same they gave him a lavish burial. The master said, ‘Hui treated me as a father, yet I have been prevented from treating him as a son. This was none of my choice. It was the doing of these others. ’