Confucian Canon 151-180

151
Tsze-kung said, "What I do not wish men to do to me, I also wish not to do to men." The Master said, "Ts'ze, you
have not attained to that."
152
Tsze-kung said, "The Master's personal displays of his principles and ordinary descriptions of them may be heard. His
discourses about man's nature, and the way of Heaven, cannot be heard."
153
When Tsze-lu heard anything, if he had not yet succeeded in carrying it into practice, he was only afraid lest he should
hear something else.
154
Tsze-kung asked, saying, "On what ground did Kung-wan get that title of Wan?"
155
The Master said, "He was of an active nature and yet fond of learning, and he was not ashamed to ask and learn of his
inferiors!-On these grounds he has been styled Wan."
156
The Master said of Tsze-ch'an that he had four of the characteristics of a superior man-in his conduct of himself, he
was humble; in serving his superior, he was respectful; in nourishing the people, he was kind; in ordering the people, he
was just."
157
The Master said, "Yen P'ing knew well how to maintain friendly intercourse. The acquaintance might be long, but he
showed the same respect as at first."
158
The Master said, "Tsang Wan kept a large tortoise in a house, on the capitals of the pillars of which he had hills made,
and with representations of duckweed on the small pillars above the beams supporting the rafters.-Of what sort was
his wisdom?"
159
Tsze-chang asked, saying, "The minister Tsze-wan thrice took office, and manifested no joy in his countenance. Thrice
he retired from office, and manifested no displeasure. He made it a point to inform the new minister of the way in which
he had conducted the government; what do you say of him?" The Master replied. "He was loyal." "Was he perfectly
virtuous?" "I do not know. How can he be pronounced perfectly virtuous?"
160
Tsze-chang proceeded, "When the officer Ch'ui killed the prince of Ch'i, Ch'an Wan, though he was the owner of forty
horses, abandoned them and left the country. Coming to another state, he said, 'They are here like our great officer,
Ch'ui,' and left it. He came to a second state, and with the same observation left it also;-what do you say of him?" The
Master replied, "He was pure." "Was he perfectly virtuous?" "I do not know. How can he be pronounced perfectly
virtuous?"
161
Chi Wan thought thrice, and then acted. When the Master was informed of it, he said, "Twice may do."
162
The Master said, "When good order prevailed in his country, Ning Wu acted the part of a wise man. When his country
was in disorder, he acted the part of a stupid man. Others may equal his wisdom, but they cannot equal his stupidity."
163
When the Master was in Ch'an, he said, "Let me return! Let me return! The little children of my school are ambitious
and too hasty. They are accomplished and complete so far, but they do not know how to restrict and shape
themselves."
164
The Master said, "Po-i and Shu-ch'i did not keep the former wickednesses of men in mind, and hence the resentments
directed towards them were few."
Confucian Analects : texts 124 - 164
Confucian Analects : texts 165 - 205
165
The Master said, "Who says of Weishang Kao that he is upright? One begged some vinegar of him, and he begged it
of a neighbor and gave it to the man."
166
The Master said, "Fine words, an insinuating appearance, and excessive respect;-Tso Ch'iu-ming was ashamed of
them. I also am ashamed of them. To conceal resentment against a person, and appear friendly with him;-Tso
Ch'iu-ming was ashamed of such conduct. I also am ashamed of it."
167
Yen Yuan and Chi Lu being by his side, the Master said to them, "Come, let each of you tell his wishes."
168
Tsze-lu said, "I should like, having chariots and horses, and light fur clothes, to share them with my friends, and though
they should spoil them, I would not be displeased."
169
Yen Yuan said, "I should like not to boast of my excellence, nor to make a display of my meritorious deeds."
170
Tsze-lu then said, "I should like, sir, to hear your wishes." The Master said, "They are, in regard to the aged, to give
them rest; in regard to friends, to show them sincerity; in regard to the young, to treat them tenderly."
171
The Master said, "It is all over. I have not yet seen one who could perceive his faults, and inwardly accuse himself."
172
The Master said, "In a hamlet of ten families, there may be found one honorable and sincere as I am, but not so fond of
learning."
173
The Master said, "There is Yung!-He might occupy the place of a prince."
174
Chung-kung asked about Tsze-sang Po-tsze. The Master said, "He may pass. He does not mind small matters."
175
Chung-kung said, "If a man cherish in himself a reverential feeling of the necessity of attention to business, though he
may be easy in small matters in his government of the people, that may be allowed. But if he cherish in himself that easy
feeling, and also carry it out in his practice, is not such an easymode of procedure excessive?"
176
The Master said, "Yung's words are right."
177
The Duke Ai asked which of the disciples loved to learn.
178
Confucius replied to him, "There was Yen Hui; he loved to learn. He did not transfer his anger; he did not repeat a
fault. Unfortunately, his appointed time was short and he died; and now there is not such another. I have not yet heard
of any one who loves to learn as he did."
179
Tsze-hwa being employed on a mission to Ch'i, the disciple Zan requested grain for his mother. The Master said, "Give
her a fu." Yen requested more. "Give her a yi," said the Master. Yen gave her five ping.
180
The Master said, "When Ch'ih was proceeding to Ch'i, he had fat horses to his carriage, and wore light furs. I have
heard that a superior man helps the distressed, but does not add to the wealth of the rich."