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

10. The case of the brothers Po-î and Shû-khî, who refused the proffers of king Wû. BOOK XXIX. Par. 1. The visit of Confucius to the robber Kih, and interview between them. 2. Dze-kang and Mân Kâu-teh (Mr. Full of Gain-recklessly-got) on the pursuit of wealth. 3. Mr. Dissatisfied and Mr. Know-the-Mean;--on the pursuit and effect of riches. BOOK XXX. How Kwang-dze dealt with the king of Kâo and his swordsmen, curing the king of his love of the sword-fight. The three Swords. BOOK XXXI. Confucius and the Old Fisherman;--including the story of the man who tried to run away from his shadow. BOOK XXXII. Par. 1. Lieh-dze and the effect of his over-manifestation of his attractive qualities. Failure of the warnings of his master. 2. The sad fate of Hwan of Käng, a Confucianist, who resented his father's taking part with his Mohist brother. 5. Kû Phing-man and his slaughtering the dragon. 8. Kwang-dze's rebuke or Zhâo Shang for pandering to the king of Sung, and thereby getting gifts from him. 9. Description to duke Âi of Lû of Confucius by Yen Ho as unfit to be entrusted with the government. 11. Khâo-fû the Correct, and his humility. 12. Kwang-dze's rebuke of the man who boasted of having received chariots from the king of Sung, and comparison of him to the boy who stole a pearl from under the chin of the Black Dragon when he was asleep. {p. 310} 13. Kwang-dze declines the offer of official dignity. The apologue of the sacrificial ox.