Fang-shuh, the drummer, withdrew into the neighborhood of the Ho. Wu the
tambourer went to the Han. And Yang the junior music-master, and Siang
who played on the musical stone, went to the sea-coast.
Anciently the Duke of Chow, addressing his son the Duke of Lu, said, "A
good man in high place is not indifferent about the members of his own
family, and does not give occasion to the chief ministers to complain
that they are not employed; nor without great cause will he set aside
old friendships; nor does he seek for full equipment for every kind of
service in any single man."
There were once eight officials during this Chow dynasty, who were four
pairs of twins, all brothers--the eldest pair Tab and Kwoh, the next Tub
and Hwuh, the third Ye and Hia, the youngest Sui and Kwa.
[Footnote 33: He only pretended to be mad, in order to escape being
employed in the public service.]
[Footnote 34: Two worthies who had abandoned public life, owing to the
state of the times.]
BOOK XIX
Teachings of Various Chief Disciples
"The learned official," said Tsz-chang, "who when he sees danger ahead
will risk his very life, who when he sees a chance of success is mindful
of what is just and proper, who in his religious acts is mindful of the
duty of reverence, and when in mourning thinks of his loss, is indeed a
fit and proper person for his place.
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