The Master said, "The virtuous will be sure to speak correctly, but those whose speech is good may not always be virtuous. Men of principle are sure to be bold, but those who are bold may not always be men of principle."

2. THE PRAISE OF PERFECT VIRTUE IS NOT TO BE ALLOWED FOR THE REPRESSION OF BAD FEELINGS. In Ho An, this ch. is joined to the preceding, and Choo He also takes the first par. to be a question of Yuen H?en. 1. 克, 'overcoming', i.e., here= 'the love of superiority'. 伐, as in V. 25, 3.不行, 'do not go', i.e., are not allowed to have their way,=are repressed. 2. 难, 'difficult',—the doing what is difficult. 仁is quoad仁; —'as to its being perfect virtue, that I do not know'.

3. A SCHOLAR MUST BE AIMING AT WHAT IS HIGHER THAN COMFORT OR PLEASURE. Comp. IV. 11. The 怀居 here is akin to the 怀土 there. Comp. also IV. 9.

4. WHAT ONE DOES MUST ALWAYS BE RIGHT; WHAT ONE FEELS NEED NOT ALWAYS BE SPOKEN:—A LESSON OF PRUDENUE. 孙, for 逊, as in VII. 35. 危, 'terror from being in a high position', then 'danger', 'dangerous'. It is used here in a good sense, meaning 'lofty, and what may seem to be, or really be, dangerous', under a bad government, where good principles do not prevail.

5. WE MAY PREDICATE THE EXTERNAL FROM THE INTERNAL, BUT NOT VICE VERSA. The有言 must be understood of virtuous speaking and 'virtuously', or 'correctly', be supplied to bring out the sense. A translator is puzzled to render 仁者 differently from 有德者. I have said 'men of principle', the opposition being between moral and animal courage; yet the men of principle may not be without the other, in order to their doing justice to themselves.