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a_e ANAt_c'r_ I. _.
Some attempt, more or less successful, was made by the
compilers to arrange the books subjectively, that of the
first being _ /_ Attention to fundamentals. C. 1_
._1_], _1_ (i_ _, _- _ _T_:_;-II_, "This
being the opening section of the book, it chiefly records
the importance of enquiry into what is fundamental, in
other words the entrance gate of Truth, the groundwork
of virtue, the primary study of the student." Hence the
opening word Learn "rightly occupies the forefront"
(L) in this valuable record of the great Master's dis-
COUrses.
CHAPTER L--LEARNING IS PLEASANT, re-
cognition pleasanter, but the true Bhilosopher loves learning
for its own sake. I. --_ i_i _ For _ see Intro. Sec.
VIII. Construction:--_]_ Learning, may be taken as a
verbal noun ; l_ and, a conjunction, simple or adversative,
(Kuan. _ IEI.); i_ the hourly, an adjective; _i practice,
exercise, a verbal noun, (Kuan. _ JN_); _ thereof, a
pronoun, with _ as antecedent, _ (is it) not, adverb of
negation, ,_ also, indeed, an adverb; -_ y/2eh4 used for
_I_ pleasing, an adjective, (.Kuan, _ 2_); :ijz interrogative
particle, (Kuan I_). For _ see Intro. Sec. VIII.
C._ _[l_ a___, _ _1:_ _::_, i.e. Learning
without cessation, like the oft repeated motion of a bird's
wings in flight, h Is it not pleasant to learn with a con_
slant perseverance and application. Z. Studere sapientise
et jugiter exercere hoc, nonne quidem jucundum ? K. It
is indeed a pleasure to acquire knowledge and, as you go
on acquiring, to put into practice what you have acquired.
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