1 ®Ë¥­¥ò.
2 Ana. II. iv.
3 Ana. IX. vi.
4 °ù§º¤§ÉÛ©x¤ó.
5 ¦W¤êÃU, ¦Ó¦r§B³½.
6 ¬°©e¦O. This is Mencius's account. Sze-ma Ch'ien says ¹Á¬°©u¤ó¦O,
but his subsequent words ®Æ¶q¥­ show that the office was the
same.
7 Mencius calls this office ­¼¥Ð, while Sze-ma Ch'ien says ¬°¥q¾
¦O.


superior:-- that is all I have to care about [1].' It does not appear
whether these offices were held by Confucius in the direct
employment of the State, or as a dependent of the Chi family in
whose jurisdiction he lived. The present of the carp from the duke
may incline us to suppose the former.
3. In his twenty-second year, Confucius commenced his
labors as a public teacher, and his house became a resort for
young and inquiring spirits, who wished to learn the doctrines of
antiquity.

[Sidebar] Commencement of his labors as a teacher. The death of
his mother. B.C. 531-527.

However small the fee his pupils were able to afford, he never
refused his instructions [2]. All that he required, was an ardent
desire for improvement, and some degree of capacity. 'I do not
open up the truth,' he said, 'to one who is not eager to get