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_. Xr, XIL THE ANALECTS.
is alive, look at the bent of his will ; ...... dead, look at his
conduct ....... alter from the way of his father etc. Z.
pa.tre superstite, inspice illius animum; ...... actiones; si
...... nihil immutaverit a patris documentis, etc. K .......
_iving, the son should have regard to what his father
would have him do; ...... dead, to what his father has
done ....... not change his father's principles ....... good
son. Couv. Un ills doit consulter la volont_ de son l_re,
tam que son p_re est en vie, et ses exemples, quand il est
mort.
CHAPTER XII.--NATURALNESS THE FOUN-
DATION OF GOOD MANNERS. I. For Yu Tz_ see
Intro. V. (In) Li's use naturalness is the valuable thing ;
(in) former kings' ways this was the excellent feature ; the
small and great came from it. For _ see Intro. VIII.
C. _/1_ _i_ _a- 71_ _,. ;;_ ,n_,_ Ho has the meaning of a
natural not forced manner. _ _ _ :_ 1_ Jl_ _, ;0_
_ _ _ ;_ _._ _., For though Li as formulated
is stringent, yet it entarely arises from natural principles.
Re p], ;k _ ;_ L. says _ or ?_. is the antecedent
to _,, but translates by an indefinite "them." 511 seems
the more suitable antecedent, t(z_an takes ill as _
accord with, and reads tb _$ ';k: 7gj$_ _ Ill _ J_
_, L. In practising the rules of propriety, a natural
ease is to be prized. In the ways prescribed by the
ancient kings, this is the excellent quality, and in things
small and great we follow them. Z. rituum praxis facilit-
atem habet pofissimam ; ...... et pa.rve et magna emanarunt
inde. K. In the practice of art, what is valuable is natural
spontaneity. According to the rules of art held by the
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