Confucian Canon 391-420

391
When he was at an entertainment where there was an abundance of provisions set before him, he would change
countenance and rise up.
392
On a sudden clap of thunder, or a violent wind, he would change countenance.
393
When he was about to mount his carriage, he would stand straight, holding the cord.
394
When he was in the carriage, he did not turn his head quite round, he did not talk hastily, he did not point with his
hands.
395
Seeing the countenance, it instantly rises. It flies round, and by and by settles.
396
The Master said, "There is the hen-pheasant on the hill bridge. At its season! At its season!" Tsze-lu made a motion to
it. Thrice it smelt him and then rose.
397
The Master said, "The men of former times in the matters of ceremonies and music were rustics, it is said, while the
men of these latter times, in ceremonies and music, are accomplished gentlemen.
398
"If I have occasion to use those things, I follow the men of former times."
399
The Master said, "Of those who were with me in Ch'an and Ts'ai, there are none to be found to enter my door."
400
Distinguished for their virtuous principles and practice, there were Yen Yuan, Min Tsze-ch'ien, Zan Po-niu, and
Chung-kung; for their ability in speech, Tsai Wo and Tsze-kung; for their administrative talents, Zan Yu and Chi Lu;
for their literary acquirements, Tsze-yu and Tsze-hsia.
401
The Master said, "Hui gives me no assistance. There is nothing that I say in which he does not delight."
402
The Master said, "Filial indeed is Min Tsze-ch'ien! Other people say nothing of him different from the report of his
parents and brothers."
403
Nan Yung was frequently repeating the lines about a white scepter stone. Confucius gave him the daughter of his elder
brother to wife.
404
Chi K'ang asked which of the disciples loved to learn. Confucius replied to him, "There was Yen Hui; he loved to
learn. Unfortunately his appointed time was short, and he died. Now there is no one who loves to learn, as he did."
405
When Yen Yuan died, Yen Lu begged the carriage of the Master to sell and get an outer shell for his son's coffin.
406
The Master said, "Every one calls his son his son, whether he has talents or has not talents. There was Li; when he
died, he had a coffin but no outer shell. I would not walk on foot to get a shell for him, because, having followed in the
rear of the great officers, it was not proper that I should walk on foot."
407
When Yen Yuan died, the Master said, "Alas! Heaven is destroying me! Heaven is destroying me!"
408
When Yen Yuan died, the Master bewailed him exceedingly, and the disciples who were with him said, "Master, your
grief is excessive!"
409
"Is it excessive?" said he. "If I am not to mourn bitterly for this man, for whom should I mourn?"
410
When Yen Yuan died, the disciples wished to give him a great funeral, and the Master said, "You may not do so."
Confucian Analects : texts 370 - 410
Confucian Analects : texts 411 - 451
411
The disciples did bury him in great style.
412
The Master said, "Hui behaved towards me as his father. I have not been able to treat him as my son. The fault is not
mine; it belongs to you, O disciples."
413
Chi Lu asked about serving the spirits of the dead. The Master said, "While you are not able to serve men, how can
you serve their spirits?" Chi Lu added, "I venture to ask about death?" He was answered, "While you do not know life,
how can you know about death?"
414
The disciple Min was standing by his side, looking bland and precise; Tsze-lu, looking bold and soldierly; Zan Yu and
Tsze-kung, with a free and straightforward manner. The Master was pleased.
415
He said, "Yu, there!-he will not die a natural death."
416
Some parties in Lu were going to take down and rebuild the Long Treasury.
417
Min Tsze-ch'ien said, "Suppose it were to be repaired after its old style;-why must it be altered and made anew?"
418
The Master said, "This man seldom speaks; when he does, he is sure to hit the point."
419
The Master said, "What has the lute of Yu to do in my door?"
420
The other disciples began not to respect Tszelu. The Master said, "Yu has ascended to the hall, though he has not yet
passed into the inner apartments."