CONFUCIAN ANALECTS

have seen men die from treading on water and fire, but I have never seen a man die from treading the course of virtue." The Master said, "Let every man consider virtue as what devolves on himself. He may not yield the performance of it even to his teacher." The Master said, "The superior man is correctly firm, and not firm merely." The Master said, "A minister, in serving his prince, reverently discharges his duties, and makes his emolument a secondary consideration." The Master said, "In teaching there should be no distinction of classes." The Master said, "Those whose courses are different cannot lay plans for one another." The Master said, "In language it is simply required that it convey the meaning." The music master, Mien, having called upon him, when they came to the steps, the Master said, "Here are the steps." When they came to the mat for the guest to sit upon, he said, "Here is the mat." When all were seated, the Master informed him, saying, "So and so is here; so and so is here." The music master, Mien, having gone out, Tsze-chang asked, saying. "Is it the rule to tell those things to the music master?" The Master said, "Yes. This is certainly the rule for those who lead the blind." 16 The head of the Chi family was going to attack Chwan-yu. Zan Yu and Chi-lu had an interview with Confucius, and said, "Our chief, Chil is going to commence operations against Chwan-yu."