The Chinese Classics — Volume 1: Confucian Analects by James Legge
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Master said, 'It is, when you go abroad, to behave to every one
as if you were receiving a great guest; to employ the people as if you were assisting at a great sacrifice; not to do to others as you would not wish done to yourself; to have no murmuring against you in the country, and none in the family.' Chung-kung said, 'Though I am deficient in intelligence and vigour, I will make it my business to practise this lesson.' CHAP. III. 1. Sze-ma Niu asked about perfect virtue. 2. The Master said, 'The man of perfect virtue is cautious and slow in his speech.' ¤]ÓÝ¡C¡i¤T¸`¡j¤ê¡B¨ä¨¥¤]ÓÝ¡B´µ¿×¤§¤¯¨o¥G¡C¤l¤ê¡B¬°¤§Ãø¡B¨¥¤§±oµLÓÝ ¥G¡C ¡i²Ä¥|³¹¡j¡i¤@¸`¡j¥q°¨¤û°Ý§g¤l¡C¤l¤ê¡B§g¤l¤£¼~¤£Äß¡C¡i¤G¸`¡j¤ê¡B¤£ ¼~¤£Äß¡B´µ¿×¤§§g¤l¨o¥G¡C¡i¤T¸`¡j¤l¤ê¡B¤º¬Ù¤£ª¹¡B¤Ò¦ó¼~¦óÄß¡C ¡i²Ä¤³¹¡j¡i¤@¸`¡j¥q°¨¤û¼~¤ê¡B¤H¬Ò¦³¥S§Ì¡B§Ú¿W¤`¡C¡i¤G¸`¡j¤l®L 3. 'Cautious and slow in his speech!' said Niu;-- 'is this what is meant by perfect virtue?' The Master said, 'When a man feels the difficulty of doing, can he be other than cautious and slow in speaking?' CHAP. IV. 1. Sze-ma Niu asked about the superior man. The Master said, 'The superior man has neither anxiety nor fear.' 2. 'Being without anxiety or fear!' said Nui;-- 'does this constitute what we call the superior man?' 3. The Master said, 'When internal examination discovers nothing wrong, what is there to be anxious about, what is there to fear?' CHAP. V. 1. Sze-ma Niu, full of anxiety, said, 'Other men all have their brothers, I only have not.' |
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