Confucius, dwarfish and ugly, but of great worth and ability. At
one time he was criminal judge of Wei, and in the execution of his
office condemned a prisoner to lose his feet. Afterwards that
same man saved his life, when he was flying from the State.
Confucius praised Ch'ai for being able to administer stern justice
with such a spirit of benevolence as to disarm resentment.
23. Shang Chu is followed by Ch'i-tiao K'ai [prop. Ch'i],
styled Tsze-k'ai, Tsze-zo, and Tsze-hsiu (º£ÀJ¶} [pr. ±Ò], ¦r¤l¶}, ¤l
­Y, and ¤l­×²ç), a native of Ts'ai (½²), or according to Chang Hsuan,
of Lu. We only know him as a reader of the Shu-ching, and refusing
to go into office.
24. Kung-po Liao, styled Tsze-chau (¤½§B¹±, ¦r¤l©P). He
appears in the Analects, XIV. xxxiii, slandering Tsze-lu. It is
doubtful whether he should have a place among the disciples.
25. Sze-ma Kang, styled Tsze-niu (¥q°¨¯Ñ, ¦r¤l¤û), follows
Ch'i-tiao K'ai; also styled ¶Á¯Ñ. He was a great talker, a native of
Sung, and a brother of Hwan T'ui, to escape from whom seems to
have been the labour of his life.
26. The place next Kao Ch'ai is occupied by Fan Hsu, styled
Tsze-ch'ih (¼Ô¶·, ¦r¤l¿ð), a native of Ch'i, or, according to others,
of Lu, and whose age is given as thirty-six and forty-six years
younger than Confucius. When young, he distinguished himself in a
military command under the Chi family.
27. Yu Zo, styled Tsze-zo (¦³­Y, ¦r¤l­Y). He was a native of
Lu, and his age is stated very variously. He was noted among the
disciples for his great memory and fondness for antiquity. After
the death of Confucius, the rest of the disciples, because of some
likeness in Zo's speech to the Master, wished to render the same
observances to him which they had done to Confucius, but on
Tsang Shan's demurring to the thing, they abandoned the purpose.