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VI. xxIIl, KXIV. TIlE ANALECTS.
CHAPTER XXIII.---ANCIENT NAMES WITH.
OUT ANCIENT PRINCIPLES. Or, A drinking horn
that is not a horn! C. describes _ by _ a rounded
corner, and says some say it was a fl_ _ wine vessel,
ofllers a :]g _j wooden tablet, both having rounded
corners. The formation _f the character suggests a gourdshaped
drinking horn The article had changed its shape
while retaining its name, so to call him a prince or a minister
who has lost his authority is a misnomer. L. A cornered
vessel without corners,--A strange cornered vessel! Z.
o quale, o vere angulatum vas ! K. A goblet that is not
globular: ...... why call it a goblet? Couv. s'il n'a pas
d'angles, doit-il _tre appel6 kou ?
CHAPTER XXIV.--SELF-DENIAL DOES NOT
MEAN SELF-DESTRUCTION, 5t_:_f_ _:_ is usually
read 5q: _" )k, The emendation rests on the authority
of Chu Tzfi's teacher ,_1]l]lJ}2_ and Dr. Legge considers
it a "happy correction of the text." But there are those
who think the original _. more suitable,--" your duty to
your fellow-man is at the bottom of the well." C. _,
feared that altruism meant destruction. _1_ _ zt_ ;_ _1_
!t_, Cause him to go and rescue. N N _l ;_ J_, J]:,
Sink himseKin the well. ;I_ -_ _ ;_ 1_ ___12_ N _',
Deceive him in a matter that was right to do. [L_[_ t]_
;_ 1_ _. :_ N _1!_, Befool him into doing something
not consistent with the right. L. A benevolent man, tho'
it be told him etc. A sup. man may be made to go to the
well, but he cannot be n_ade to go down into it...... be-
fooled. Z. pht'tanthropus ...... in puteo eat homo, hunc eo
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