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II. XXIII, XXIV. THE ANALECT_
Couv. ce que fetaient les empereurs de dix dyn._ suecessives.
2. _ _ (or 1_) and _ were the three greatdyn.
of antiquity, Conf. answers that the main principles of
society are inalterable. C. fi_ 1_ _] ___._] _ _',
What are perpetuated are the three bonds of society and
the five cardinal yirtues, i.e. the bonds between _ and I_
. _?. and :t:, _ and _; and the virtues {': _]_ j_[
_-_, Non-essentials may change, e g. _ __ and [_ _,
but not the essentials Kuan. ;[_=_j_ _; _=:/Jll _,
L. followed the regulations of the Hea; wherein it took
trom or added to them may be known ...... Some other
may follow the Chow, but tho" it should be at the "distance
of a hundred ages, its affairs may be known. Z. Yin innitebatur
in dynastias Hia principles, etc. qure forte
suecedent dyn. Tcheou, licet centum essent dyn., possunt
scm. K. The present Chou dyn. adopted the civilisation
of the House of Yin; what modification, etc. Perhaps
some other'may hereafter etc; but should that happen a
hundred generations after this, etc. Couv. La dyn. des
Tcheou a adoptfi les prescriptions de la dyn. des In, etc.
CHAPTER XXIV._SYCOPHANCY AND PUSIL-
LANIMITY.- I. _ means a disembodied sph-it, i,e.
the manes ok one's ancestors. Kuan. ]k _t_ :1_ _,. C.
_ PJ_ _ _ ;;_ _l_,, Not a spirit he ought to wor-
ship. , _t_o _ _ )d_, Currying favour, toadying. K..-_
;r_, L. For a man to sacrifice to a spirit wh. dc_s
not belong to him is flattery. Z. _ genius, --_ ffdulatio.
K: 'To iqorsh_p a spirit to whom one is"not bdund by a
real teelit_g ofdut_; or respect is idolatry. '