Sacred Books of the East Vol. 40: Taoism Vol. 2

9. Confucius and Lâo-dze;--on the attitude to the Tâo of a great sage and ruler. {p. 302} 10. Kiang-lü Mien and Ki Khêh;--on the counsel which the former had given to the ruler of Lû. 11. Dze-kung and the old gardener;--argument of the latter in favour of the primitive simplicity, and remarks thereon by Confucius. 12. Kun Mâng and Yüan Fung;--on the government of the sage; of the virtuous and kindly man; and of the spirit-like man. 13. Män Wû-kwei and Khih-kang Man-khî;--that there had been confusion and disorder before the time of Shun; and the character of the age of Perfect Virtue. BOOK XIII. Par. 6. Yâo and Shun;--on the former's method of government. 7. Confucius, wishing to deposit some writings in the royal Library, is repulsed by Lâo-dze. Argument between them on Benevolence and Righteousness in relation to the nature of man. 8. Shih-khäng Khî and Lâo-dze;--the strange conferences between them, and the charges brought by the one against the other. 10. Duke Hwan and the wheelwright Phien;--that the knack of an art cannot be conveyed to another, and the spirit of thought cannot be fully expressed in writing. BOOK XIV. Par. 2. Tang, a minister of Shang, and Kwang-dze on the nature of Benevolence. 3. Pei-män Khäng and Hwang-Tî;--a description of Hwang-Tî's music, the Hsien-khih. 4. Yen Yüan and Kin, the music-master of Lû, on the course of Confucius;--the opinion of the latter that it had been unsuccessful and was verging to entire failure.