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H, IL THE ANALECTS,
ing on the moral sentiment ....... revolve around it. Couv.
fitoiles se meuvent autour d'elle.
CHAPTER II.--¥IRTUE THE SUM AND SUB-
STANCE OF THE ODES. The Odes in reality number
31 I. Originally they were nmch more numerous, and
Conf. is supposed to have reduced them to this number,
against which idea this chapter militates, for he here
speaks of them as a compilation already recognised in his
day. Probably he re-arranged and re-edited them. The
phrase ,_, _ _ is found in the _:_ IV. ii. i., where
in four stanzas the singlehearted devotion of Duke
Hsi _t_ of Lu, B. C. 659 627, to his horse-breeding
receives laudation. The 7th phrase of the first stanza
is ,_,_,_,, _, of the 2nd 1_, _ _/1, of the 3rd ,_,
_, and of the 4th ,_, _ _; i.e. his thoughts for
his horses were unlimited either by space, "or by
time, they were unwearying, and never turned aside.
From this unpromising lyric to a horsy Duke, Conf.
selects the only strong phrase, and makes the undeviating
attention of the Duke to his duty a lesson in morals and
the text of all the Odes ! C. "ii_-,_ _ ;d_, To cover,
embrace. Kuan. _ _, _ _, _. z_ says _, _l_ _1[_
:_ _ _!_, sincerity m thought. Kuan ,_, ,_, f_. _"
iF., .C. says the good odes stimulate the good in a man,
and the ill ones restrain his wandering will. L. In the
Book of Poetry ...... embraced in one sentence, Have no
depraved thoughts. Z. mens careat obliquitate. K. The
Book of Ballads, Songs and Psalms ...... The moral
summed up ...... Have no evil thoughts. Cony. Avoir des
intentions droites.
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