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VI. xx. THE ANALECTS.
CHAPTER XX.--WISDOM AND VIRTUEmA
DEFINITION. Fan Ch'ih, Intro. V. _ _lt The former
was the departed human spirit, or daimon; the latter the
various nature deities. Later the 01tl came to mean benefi-
cent spirits and _ malevolent ones, demons. _ ]_ etc.,
An old interpretation makes it,---" Strive to perfect the
people's rectitude." C. This reply was corrective of Fan
Ch'ih's faults. _ _ Jk -_ rain also means men. _[_
_ __, to obtain, acquire. _ J_ ZJ/ ]s_ )k _ ;:_
To devote one's strength to the proper duties of human
conduct and rot to be deluded about spirits which cannot be
known, is the business of the wise man. _ _1_. _ _ __..
Self-subjugafion,--also :_ _l_ -_ :;_ _)I _, I]_ _ _J_
j;_ _ _, L. To give oneself earnestly to the duties due
to men, and while respecting spiritual beings, to keep aloof
etc. The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome
his first business, and success only a subsequent considera-
tion. Z. vacate hominum naturali perfectioni etc .......
perfectus si anteponat partem difficilem et postponat ae-
quisifionem etc. K. To know the essential duties of'man
living in a society of men, and to hold in awe and fear the
Spiritual Powers of the Universe, while keeping aloof from
irreverent familiarity etc. A man who wants to live a moral
life must first be conscious within himself of a difficulty and
1-as struggled to overcome etc. Couv. Remplir les devoirs
propt-es _i l'homme, honorer les esprits, mais s'en tenir A dis-
tahoe ...... prudence. Un homme parfait mdt en premier lieu ce
qui est le plus difficite (A savoir, la victoire sur ses passions) ;
il met en second lieu les avantages qu'il en dolt retirer etc.. ,
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