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VII. xx_xxx. TNE A_ALZCTS.
ego voto p., stafim p., adest. K. Is a moral life something
remote or difficult ? If a man will only wish to live a
moral life---_ere and then his life becomes moral. Couv
La vertu parfaite ...... Si je veux la trouver, aussit6t elle est
pr&ente/t moi.
CHAPTER XXX.--MISTAKES TOO FEW TO
ESCAPE NOTICE.--This incident no doubt occurred in
B. C._493 during Confucius' stay in Ch'en. Duke Chao
(name _e]) was the Prince with whom Confucius had gone
•into exile, and what sort of _[ would it have been for
Confucius to go back on the Prince he had so loyally
followed now that he was dead I (Sixteen years before).
As the _ _ ptits it,--A minister should speak well and
not ill of his Prince and how much more so to the Minister
of an alien State.
I. _ql knew, recognised. The Minister of Crime was
_=] ]1_ in Ch'en and Ch'u, _] _ in Lu. C. The Duke
had acquired note as being well up in decorum, especially
in the more imposing forms of Court etiquette. L. knew
propriety. Z. nosceret ritus. K. a man of propriety in his
life. Couv. connaissait (observait/les convenanees.
2. _ _j was his surname, _] his style, _ his name, see
Intro. V. _ :_ There are two interpretations, one, 'ap-
proached him ', the other ' invited him in '. _[_ take sides.
C. _ _ _ _[_ ]_ _ To assist in hiding a man's errors
ispartt_nship. _ _ _1¢I _ _i _ _ _ _ /_
It was against the rules to marry one of the same surname,
and both Lu and Wu (being of the House of _])
were of the same surname Ch'i. The same law exists to-
day, and no two persons of the same surrea_ even if un-
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