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VII. xu, rau, xrv. THE ANALECT._
eration,--worship, war, sickness. Couv ....... l'abstinence
avant une c6r6monie, etc.
CHAPTER XIII.--INTOXICATING MUSIC.--For
v. III. 25. This probably occurred when Confucius
fled with his duke to Ch'i, where the _ is said to have
been transmitted from of old and specially cultivated.
might be performance of music. {ill -_ interprets _.
_Jf _ by, Had reached this place (Ch'i). C. _ _
._-'_-Jq A¢. ;_ _- _ - _*_ In the _ _i_ before the
' three months' there are the two words 'studied it,'--
he studied it, ignoring the taste of his food. _ ,I_ _ ;_
-_ _j ::_ _ _ _ _ for his mind was absorbed in this
to the exclusion of everything else. L. Heard the Shaou
and for tl_ree months did not know the taste of flesh. I did
not think that music could have been made so excellent as
this. Z. ' Concordia,' tresque menses quin perciperet
carnium saporem,--non cogitabam componentem musicam
pervet,isse ad hunc gradum. K. Gave himself up to the
study of it for three months, to the entire neglect of his
ordilmry food. I should never have thought ...... brought
to such perfection. Couv ....... ne percevait pas la saveur
des viandes. Je ne pensais pas que l'auteur de ces chants
efit atteint une si grande perfection.
CHAPTER XIV.--VIRTUE BEFORE A PRINCE'S
FAVOUR._I. This prince was !_ grandson of _
the husband of l_ ::f" vii. 26. _.j _ son of Duke Ling
having plamred to kill his notorious (step)mother, had to
flee the country. On Duke Ling's death ll_ son of 1_ I_
succeeded his grandfather, the State supporting him. The
neighbouringState of _ supported the father against the
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