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VII. xvm, x_x. THE ANALECT$,
preceding clauses _ :J_ :_ K _ _ _ ll_ indicating
that he was simply like this. C. _ _=_ [[tj _j_ _ _ ,,., _"
Before attainment so zealous as to forget food. _, _
}_!| _ _j _ _ Having attained delighted enough to
forget his sorrow. L. Simply a man, who in his eager
pursuit of knowledge forgets his food, who in the joy of its
attai, zment etc. and who does not perceive that old age is
coming on. Z ....... qui enitens scire, obliviscitur comedere,
reque laetatur ut immemor sit dolorum, nec sentiat senectutem
mox adventuram. K ....... in the efforts he makes to
overcome the difficulty in acquiring knowledge, neglects his
food ....... and, who thus absorbed, becomes oblivious that
old age is stealing on him? Couv ....... qui s'applique (_
l'_tude et/t la pratique de la vertu) avec une telle ardeur
qu'il oublie etc., (qui, apr_s avoir acquis une vertu), _prouve
une tellejoie qu'il oublie tout chagrin ; (qui est si absorbt
etc.) ne sent pas venir la vieillesse.
CHAPTER XIX._HIS KNOWLEDGE NOT IN-
NATE BUT ACQUIRED.--This statement directly con-
tradicts the claim of later ages that Confucius was _
_1_ _ _ _j _ll ;_ 4!L He who has irmate knowledge
is naturally inteUigent, possesses a clear perception of the
fights and principles of things without having to learn them
in order to apprehension. L. I am not one who was born
in the possession of knowledge ; I am one who is fond of
antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there. Z. ego_ non sum
ex nativitate jam doetus sapientiam ; amans antiquitatem
sategi ad earn exquirer_dam. K. I am not one born with
tmderstangtLng...... study of Antiquity, and is _dilligent in
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