The Master said, "The man who is fond of daring and is dissatisfied with poverty, will proceed to insubordination. So will the man who is not virtuous, when you carry your dislike of him to an extreme."

7. THE NECESSITY TO THE SCHOLAR OF COMPASS AND VIGOUR OF MIND. 士, 'a learned man', 'a scholar', but in all sage learning has been the qualification for, and passport to, official employment in China, hence it is also a general designation for 'an officer'. 任, low.3d tone, a noun, = 'an office', 'a burden borne'; with the 1st tone, it is the verb 'to bear'.

8. THE EFFECTS OF POETRY, PROPRIETIES, AND MUSIC. These three short sentences are in form like the four, 志于道, &c., in VII.6, but must be interpreted differently. There the first term in each sentence is a verb in the imperative mood; here it is in the indicative. There the于is to be joined closely to the 1st character and here to the 3d. There it = our prepos. to; here it = by. The term 诗, 礼, 乐, have all specific reference.

9. WHAT MAY, AND WHAT MAY NOT BE ATTAINED TO WITH THE PEOPLE. According to Choo He, the first 之is 理之所当然,—duty, what principles require, and the second is 理之所以然, 'the principle of duty'. He also takes 可 and 不可 as = 能and 不能. If the meaning were so, then the sentiment would be much too broadly expressed. See 四书改错, XVI.15. As often in other places, the 翼注 gives the meaning here happily; viz., that a knowledge of the reasons and principles of what they are called to do need not be required from the people, —不可责之民. 10. DIFFERENT CAUSES OF INSUBORDINATION—A LESSON TO RULERS.