Confucian Analects

The Master said, 'There are o...

Kung-shan Fu-zao, when he was ...

The Master, having come to Wu...

The Master, having come to Wu-ch'ang, heard there the sound of stringed instruments and singing.

Well pleased and smiling, he said, 'Why use an ox knife to kill a fowl?'

Tsze-yu replied, 'Formerly, Master, I heard you say,— "When the man of high station is well instructed, he loves men; when the man of low station is well instructed, he is easily ruled."'

The Master said, 'My disciples, Yen's words are right. What I said was only in sport.'

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The Master said, 'There are o...

Kung-shan Fu-zao, when he was ...