breaking out in the palace of duke Ai, while others were intent on
securing the contents of the Treasury, Nan-kung directed his
efforts to save the Library, and to him was owing the
preservation of the copy of the Chau Li which was in Lu, and other
ancient monuments.
18. Kung-hsi Ai, styled Chi-ts'ze [al. Chi-ch'an] (¤½ÞÕ«s, ¦r©u
¦¸ [al. ©u¨I]). His tablet follows that of Kung-ye. He was a native
of Lu, or of Ch'i. Confucius commended him for refusing to take
office with any of the Families which were encroaching on the
authority of the princes of the States, and for choosing to endure
the severest poverty rather than sacrifice a tittle of his
principles.
19. Tsang Tien, styled Hsi (´¿ã¿[al. ÂI], ¦rÞÕ). .He was the
father of Tsang Shan. His place in the temples is the hall to
Confucius's ancestors, where his tablet is the first, west.
20. Yen Wu-yao, styled Lu (ÃCµLíÙ, ¦r¸ô). He was the father of
Yen Hui, younger than Confucius by six years. His sacrificial place
is the first, east, in the same hall as the last.
21. Following the tablet of Nan-kung Kwo is that of Shang
Chu, styled Tsze-mu (°Ó£, ¦r¤l¤ì). To him, it is said, we are
indebted for the preservation of the Yi-ching, which he received
from Confucius. Its transmission step by step, from Chu down to
the Han dynasty, is minutely set forth.
22. Next to Kung-hsi Ai is the place of Kao Ch'ai, styled
Tsze-kao and Chi-kao (°ª®ã, ¦r¤l¯Ì [al. ©u¯Ì; for ¯Ì moreover, we
find ¯o, and âé]), a native of Ch'i, according to the 'Narratives


of the School,' but of Wei, according to Sze-ma Ch'ien and Chang
Hsuan. He was thirty (some say forty) years younger than