CONFUCIAN ANALECTS

The subjects on which the Master did not talk, were-extraordinary things, feats of strength, disorder, and spiritual beings. The Master said, "When I walk along with two others, they may serve me as my teachers. I will select their good qualities and follow them, their bad qualities and avoid them." The Master said, "Heaven produced the virtue that is in me. Hwan T'ui-what can he do to me?" The Master said, "Do you think, my disciples, that I have any concealments? I conceal nothing from you. There is nothing which I do that is not shown to you, my disciples; that is my way." There were four things which the Master taught,-letters, ethics, devotion of soul, and truthfulness. The Master said, "A sage it is not mine to see; could I see a man of real talent and virtue, that would satisfy me." The Master said, "A good man it is not mine to see; could I see a man possessed of constancy, that would satisfy me. "Having not and yet affecting to have, empty and yet affecting to be full, straitened and yet affecting to be at ease:-it is difficult with such characteristics to have constancy." The Master angled,-but did not use a net. He shot,-but not at birds perching. The Master said, "There may be those who act without knowing why. I do not do so. Hearing much and selecting what is good and following it; seeing much and keeping it in memory: this is the second style of knowledge." It was difficult to talk profitably and reputably with the people of