1. The Master said, "Let the will be set on the path of duty.

2. "Let every attainment in what is good be firmly grasped.

3. "Let perfect virtue be accorded with.

4. "Let relaxation and enjoyment be found in the polite arts."

4. THE MANNER OF CONFUCIUS WHEN UNOCCUPIED. The first clause, which is the subject of the other two, is literally—'The master's dwelling at ease.' Obs. 燕, up.3d tone; 夭, up.1st tone; 如, as in III.23.

5. HOW THE DISAPPOINTMENT OF CONFUCIUS' HOPES AFFECTED EVEN HIS DREAMS. 周公(Chow-kung) is now to all intents a proper name, but the characters mean 'the duke of Chow'. Chow was the name of the seat of the family from which the dynasty so called sprang, and on the enlargement of this territory, king Wa?n divided the original seat between his sons 旦 (Tan) and 爽 (Shih). Tan was Chow Kung, in wisdom and politics, what his elder brother, the first emperor, Woo, was in arms. Confucius had longed to bring the principles and institutions of Chow-kung into practice, and in his earlier years, while hope animated him, had often dreamt of the former sage. The orig. territory of Chow was what is now the dis. of K'e Shan(岐山), dep. of Fung-tseang (凤翔), in Shen-se.

6. RULES FOR THE FULL MATURING OF CHARACTER. 2. 德 might be translated virtue, but 仁= 'perfect virtue' following, we require another term. 4. 游, 'to ramble for amusement', here= 'to seek recreation'. 艺, see note on 文, in I.6. A full enumeration makes 'six arts', viz., ceremonies, music, archery, charioteering, the study of characters or language, and figures or arithmetic. The ceremonies were ranged in five classes: lucky or sacrifices, unlucky or the mourning cer., military, those of host and guest, and festive. Music required the study of the music of Hwang-te, of Yaou, of Shun, of Yu, of T'ang, and of Woo. Archery had a fivefold classification. Charioteering had the same. The study of the characters required the examination of them, to determine whether there predominated in their formation resemblance to the object, combination of ideas, indication of properties, a phonetic principle, a principle of contrariety, or metaphorical accommodation. Figures were managed according to nine rules, as the object was the measurement of land, capacity, &c. These six subjects were the business of the highest and most liberal education, but we need not suppose that Conf. had them all in view here.