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tunc ne formides emendari. K. bad habits, do not he-
sitate to change them. Couv. qu'il ait le courage de s'en
corriger.
CHAPTER IX.--FILIAL PIETY TO THE DEAD
the Root of Moral Renaissance. Ts&ng Tz_ see Intro. V.
The solicitude here referred to is usually interpreted as
required of the ruler ;--If a ruler be solicitous etc. Kuan
t_, _; _. gg_; _,_:g/ _ft_, The
last interpretation, while in excess of the letter of the text,
is not in excess of the accepted view. _ Return, i.e. to
natural goodness, man being regarded as by nature good,
h2::_, __, C. __, __-_,
Solicitude means fulfilling all the mourning rites. __
;i-_, _,, _ _!_ "--_, Pursuing after them afar means sacrificing
to them in all sincerity. While the text does not
refer to the dead in set terms no other meaning suits it.
L. Let there be a careful attention to perform the funeral
rites to parents, and let them be followed when long gone
with the ceremonies of sacrifice ;--then the virtue of the
people will resume its proper excellence. Z. si observes
officia extrema et commemores remote defunctos, etc.
K. By cultivating respect for the dead, and carrying the
memory back to the distant past, the moral feeling of the
people will waken and grow in depth. Couv. Si le prance
rend les derniers devoirs _ ses parents avec un vrai zSle,
et honore par des offrandes ses anc&res re&me dloign_s, la
pi6t6 filiale fteurira parmi te peuple.
CHAPTER X. BCHARACTER ELICITS CON-.
FIDENCE. I. For Tz_ Ch'in and Tz_ Kung see Intro.
V. The Master arriving at any (_ this, any particular)
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