Confucian Analects

The Duke Ai asked which of th...

The Master said, 'There is Yu...

The Master said, 'There is Yung!— He might occupy the place of a prince.'

Chung-kung asked about Tsze-sang Po-tsze. The Master said, 'He may pass. He does not mind small matters.'

Chung-kung said, 'If a man cherish in himself a reverential feeling of the necessity of attention to business, though he may be easy in small matters in his government of the people, that may be allowed. But if he cherish in himself that easy feeling, and also carry it out in his practice, is not such an easy mode of procedure excessive?'

The Master said, 'Yung's words are right.'

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The Duke Ai asked which of th...