1. LING, Duke of Wei, asked Confucius about the line of battle.
Confucius answered: “Of temple where I have learned: arms I have not studied.’
On the morrow he went his way.
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39. The Master said: “Mingle not in projects with men whose ways are not thine.”
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41. When the music-master Mien was presented, the Master, on coming to the steps, said: “Here are the steps.” On reaching the mat, the Master said: “Here is the mat.” When all were seated, the Master told him: “Such an one is here, and such an one is here.”
After the music-master had left, Tzu-chang said: “Is this the way to speak to a music-master?”
The Master said: “Surely it is the way to help a music-master.”
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“The flowers overhead
Are dancing in play;
My thoughts are with thee,
In thy home far away.”
The Master said: “Her thoughts were not with him, or how could he be far away?”
--- The Sayings of Confucius. 9:30.
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[8] Tzu-hsia asked: “What is the meaning of:
‘Her cunning smiles,
Her dimples light,
Her lovely eyes,
So clear and bright,
The ground, not yet
With colours dight’?”
The Master said: “Colouring follows groundwork.”
“Then does courtesy follow after?” said Tzu-hsia.
“Shang,” 6 said the Master, “thou hast hit my meaning! Now I can talk of poetry to thee.”
--- The Sayings of Confucius.
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