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IX. v_ VL THE ANALECT_.
enlightenment I should not have been associated with it;
since I am associated therewith it is evident it is not to be
ended, and since etc. the K'uang people-cannot go against
the will of Heaven. L. If Heaven had wished to let the
cause of truth perish, then I, a future mortal, should not
have got such a relation etc. Z. Si coelum deleturum
fuisset hunt apparatum, posterus mortalis non obtinuissem
participate etc. illi ad me quid ? K. _f God is going to
destroy all civilization in the world, it would not have been
given to a mortal of this late generation to understand this
civilization etc. Couv. Si le ciet avait voulu que la
doctrine disparfit de la terre, il ne l'aurait pas confi_e apr4s
la mort de Wenn wang etc.
CHAPTER VI.--NOBLENESS INDEPENDENT
OF VARIED TALENTS.--g,_g, A sage, or man divine-
ly htspired.
I. C. The :Z_ _ was the Chief Minister of _ or
_o;]_g_ J_A _ _ _ _ O__, He thought a variety
of ability necessary to sagehood. L May we not
say that your Master is a Sage? How various is his
ability! Z. Summus gubernator etc. magister nonne
sanctus ? Quam ille multa callet ! K...he is a holy man,
s he not? What a variety of acquirements he seems to
possess. Couv. Le premier ministre ...... est-il un sage
parfait? Que d'arts lui sont familiers !
2. C. _, _ t_. L_, Prodigal, _" ;:_ _ _¢ ;_
t1_, it means without limit. _f_ _'_ _, _ _ 2_ _[_ _ll
;_ _ 011 the verge off--as if modesty forbade him to
recognise it L. Certainly Heaven has endowed him
unlimitedly. He is about a sage. And, moreover, his
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