Subject for May, 2018
Book 12
Subject: The Analects of Confucius
Yen Yuan asked about perfect virtue. The Master said, “To subdue one’s self and return to propriety, is perfect virtue. If a man can for one day subdue himself and return to pro...
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Book 11
Subject: The Analects of Confucius
The Master said, “The men of former times in the matters of ceremonies and music were rustics, it is said, while the men of these latter times, in ceremonies and music, are acco...
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Book 10
Subject: The Analects of Confucius
Confucius, in his village, looked simple and sincere, and as if he were not able to speak. When he was in the prince’s ancestral temple, or in the court, he spoke minutely on ev...
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Book 9
Subject: The Analects of Confucius
The subjects of which the Master seldom spoke were-profitableness, and also the appointments of Heaven, and perfect virtue. A man of the village of Ta-hsiang said, “Great indeed...
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Book 8
Subject: The Analects of Confucius
The Master said, “T’ai-po may be said to have reached the highest point of virtuous action. Thrice he declined the kingdom, and the people in ignorance of his motives could not ...
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Book 7
Subject: The Analects of Confucius
The Master said, “A transmitter and not a maker, believing in and loving the ancients, I venture to compare myself with our old P’ang.” The Master said, “The silent treasuring u...
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Book 6
Subject: The Analects of Confucius
The Master said, “There is Yung!-He might occupy the place of a prince.” Chung-kung asked about Tsze-sang Po-tsze. The Master said, “He may pass. He does not mind small matters....
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Book 5
Subject: The Analects of Confucius
The Master said of Kung-ye Ch’ang that he might be wived; although he was put in bonds, he had not been guilty of any crime. Accordingly, he gave him his own daughter to wife. O...
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Book 4
Subject: The Analects of Confucius
The Master said, “It is virtuous manners which constitute the excellence of a neighborhood. If a man in selecting a residence do not fix on one where such prevail, how can he be...
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Book 3
Subject: The Analects of Confucius
Confucius said of the head of the Chi family, who had eight rows of pantomimes in his area, “If he can bear to do this, what may he not bear to do?” The three families used the ...
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