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He went to the Three Chiefs and informed them, but nothing could be
done. Whereupon again he said, "Since he uses me to back his ministers,
I did not dare not to announce the matter."
Tsz-lu was questioning him as to how he should serve his prince.
"Deceive him not, but reprove him," he answered.
"The minds of superior men," he observed, "trend upwards; those of
inferior men trend downwards."
Again, "Students of old fixed their eyes upon themselves: now they learn
with their eyes upon others."
Kue Pih-yuh despatched a man with a message to Confucius. Confucius gave
him a seat, and among other inquiries he asked, "How is your master
managing?" "My master," he replied, "has a great wish to be seldom at
fault, and as yet he cannot manage it."
"What a messenger!" exclaimed he admiringly, when the man went out.
"What a messenger!"
"When not occupying the office," was a remark of his, "devise not the
policy."
The Learned Tsang used to say, "The thoughts of the 'superior man' do
not wander from his own office."
"Superior men," said the Master, "are modest in their words, profuse in
their deeds."
Again, "There are three attainments of the superior man which are beyond
me--the being sympathetic without anxiety, wise without scepticism,
brave without fear."
"Sir," said Tsz-kung, "that is what you say of yourself.
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