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III. XVI, X¥II. THE ANALECTS.
overcome the ]1_ dyn. and disbanded his troops peace
prevailed and in archery skill took the place of force.
Hence the prevailing style of archery is also a sign of the
times, and that those of Conf. were decadent was manifest
from its archery. L In archery it is not going tkrough
the leather wh. is the principal thing ;---because people's
strength is not equal. This was the old way. Z.
Sagittatio non fundatur corio. K. In archery putting the
arrow through the target should not count as points,
because etc. At least, that was the old rule. Couv. le
m6rite ne consiste pas _t transpercer.
CHAPTER XVII.--BETTER FORMALITY THAN
NOTHING AT ALL. I. _ means to inform by way
of prayer. Kuan _ z_, _JJ The first day of the moon.
A living sheep. (C. 4:_ _ Kuan _ I_'_ _ El),
C. Of old the Emp. towards the end of each year dis-
tributed to the princes the calendar announcing the new
moons for the ensuing year. The princes kept these in
their anc. temples, and at each new moon offered a live
sheep, requesting ancestral sanction for the duties of the
month. In ILu since the days of Duke W6n the full cere-
mony had fallen into desuetude, an officer merely presenting
the sheep. This Tz_ Kung wished to do away with as an
empty and costly form. I,. wished to do away with the
offering of a sheep connected with the inauguration of the
first day of each month. Z. volebat abolere pro commonifione
calendarum offerendam ovem. K. wanted to
dispense with the sheep etc. Couv. voulait supprimer
l'usage etc.
2. Conf. would keep the office in hope of restoring the
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