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III. w, wI. ThE ANALECTS.
just learnt the foundation principles of _. and was the mtn
god more ignorant than he ? L. Alas ! will you say that
the T'ae mt is not so discerning as Lin Fang ? Z. Heu ]
ergone dicetur ...... nec aequare Lin ia'ang ? K. was going
to offer sacrifice on the top of etc. Ah then it is useless to
say anything more ...... do you think ...... not as L.F.
Couv. dira-t-on que les Esprits ...... sont moins inteUigents
que L.F.
CHAPTER VII.--A GENTLEMAN IS NEVER
CONTENTIOUS. _i_ _ Intro VIII. Here described
as _]" _I_ ;_ Jk, a lover of virtue, *1_ _ _J_ 5[[I of
calm mind and unruffled spirit _ _ _ nothing in wh.
he contends. Kuan _, a__ ]t_ or _ _ strive for
mastery, or precedence. *-1_,_h _ z_ K he must, shall it
be in archery? Kuan. gill -_ _ _ _ _ _-_ ]_ _ _{lt
_Y,, _, _ _-_ J_ _ l_.J 1t._ZL__,_o _ give place to ;
Kuan. i_ X _ _I_o _ and -_ apply to _-, "]¢ and
tifc_ Archery was of three kinds, 5k_ J_, _. J_ and _.,
_ The _, according to _ --_ may be called Court
Archery, the _ military archery, being confined to _[_
officers, the _ recreation archery. The rules were similar
in all. In the 5k: _l_ three sets of competitors advanced
together to the shooting pavilion _ each set consisting of
3 men. The rules of courtesy were all duly laid down.
The loser, then as now, did not "stand a drink " but took
his punishment by drinking it himself. The _, which is
read in the departing tone, indicates that the winner offered
it. L The student of virtue has no contentions. If it be
said he cannot avoid them shall this be in archery ? But
he bows complaisantly etc. Z. Sapiens nihil est in quo