CONFUCIAN ANALECTS

sacrifice, as if I did not sacrifice." Wang-sun Chia asked, saying, "What is the meaning of the saying, 'It is better to pay court to the furnace then to the southwest corner?'" The Master said, "Not so. He who offends against Heaven has none to whom he can pray." The Master said, "Chau had the advantage of viewing the two past dynasties. How complete and elegant are its regulations! I follow Chau." The Master, when he entered the grand temple, asked about everything. Some one said, "Who say that the son of the man of Tsau knows the rules of propriety! He has entered the grand temple and asks about everything." The Master heard the remark, and said, "This is a rule of propriety." The Master said, "In archery it is not going through the leather which is the principal thing;-because people's strength is not equal. This was the old way." Tsze-kung wished to do away with the offering of a sheep connected with the inauguration of the first day of each month. The Master said, "Ts'ze, you love the sheep; I love the ceremony." The Master said, "The full observance of the rules of propriety in serving one's prince is accounted by people to be flattery." The Duke Ting asked how a prince should employ his ministers, and how ministers should serve their prince. Confucius replied, "A prince should employ his minister according to according to the rules of propriety; ministers should serve their prince with