" In reply to Tsz-kung respecting the great man: "What he first says, as a result of his experience, he afterwards follows up.

" To the disciple Tsz-lu the Master said, "Shall I give you a lesson about knowledge?

" Tsz-chang was studying with an eye to official income.

Tsz-kung asked how it was that Kung Wan had come to be so styled Wan (the talented).

" Referring to Tsang Wan, he asked, "What is to be said of this man's discernment?this man with his tortoise-house, with the pillar-heads and posts bedizened with scenes of hill and mere!" Tsz-chang put a question relative to the chief Minister of Tsu, Tsz-wan.

" Referring to Tsang Wan, he asked, "What is to be said of this man's discernment?this man with his tortoise-house, with the pillar-heads and posts bedizened with scenes of hill and mere!" Tsz-chang put a question relative to the chief Minister of Tsu, Tsz-wan.

" While Tsz-hwa, a disciple, was away on a mission to Ts'i, the disciple Yen Yu, on behalf of his mother, applied for some grain.

The Master said, "When Tsz-hwa went on that journey to Ts'i, he had well-fed steeds yoked to his carriage, and was arrayed in light furs.

" When asked by Ki K'ang whether Tsz-lu was fit to serve the government, the Master replied, "Tsz-lu is a man of decision: what should prevent him from serving the government?" Asked the same question respecting Tsz-kung and

The Duke of Shih questioned Tsz-lu about Confucius, and the latter did not answer.

"One who standsclad in hempen robe, the worse for wearamong others clad in furs of fox and badger, and yet unabashed'tis Tsz-lu, that, is it not?" Tsz-lu used always to be humming over the lines "From envy and enmity free, What deed doth he other than good?" "How should such a rule of life," asked the Master, "be sufficient to make any one good?"

After Tsz-lu had got it prepared, he smelt it thrice, and then rose up from his seat.

" Tsz-lu propounded a question about ministering to the spirits of the departed.

"One like Tsz-lu there," said he, "does not come to a natural end.

Min Tsz-k'ien observed, "How if it were repaired on the old lines?"

" Tsz-kung asked which was the worthier of the twoTsz-chang or Tsz-hiá.

" Tsz-kung asked which was the worthier of the twoTsz-chang or Tsz-hiá.

" "Why did you smile at Tsz-lu, sir?" "I smiled at him because to have the charge of a State requires due regard to the Rules of Propriety, and his words betrayed a lack of modesty."

If Kung-si were to become an unimportant assistant at these functions, who could become an important one?" [Footnote 26: The men of virtuous life were Yen Yuen (Hwúi), Min Tsz-k'ien, Yen Pihniu, and Chung-kung (Yen Yung); the speakers and debaters were Tsai Wo and Tsz-kung; the (capable) government servants were Yen Yu and Tsz-lu; the literary students, Tsz-yu and Tsz-hiá.]

"The man to decide a cause with half a word," exclaimed the Master, "is Tsz-lu!" Tsz-lu never let a night pass between promise and performance.

"The man to decide a cause with half a word," exclaimed the Master, "is Tsz-lu!" Tsz-lu never let a night pass between promise and performance.

" Tsz-chang asked how otherwise he would describe the learned official who might be termed influential.

" Tsz-lu asked how he would characterize one who might fitly be called an educated gentleman.

"Sir," said Tsz-kung, "how comes it to pass that no one knows you?"

"From Confucius," Tsz-lu responded.