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he were poor, and that the superior man whose virtue is
complete, is yet to outward seeming stupid. Put away
your proud air and many desires, your insinuating habit
and wild will. These are of no advantage to you. This
is all which I have to tell you.' On the other hand,
Confucius is made to say to his disciples, ' I know how
lairds can fly, how fishes can swim, and how animals can
run. But the runner may be snared, the swimmer may
be hooked, and the flyer may be shot by the arrow. But
there is the dragon, I cannot tell how he mounts on the
wind through the clouds, and rises to heaven. To-day I
have seen Laoutsze, and can only compare him to the
dragon I "
Confucius was profoundly impressed with his visit to
the Capital, especially with his visits to the Temples and
grounds of Heaven and Earth, and the Imperial Ancestral
Temple. In the last he saw a " metal statue of a man
with three clasps on his mouth) and his back covered with
an enjoyable homily on the duty of keeping a watch upon
the lips." Nor was his interest any less in the Audience
Hall of the Barons, called the Hall of Light, where the
walls were adorned with representations of the various
sovereigns of the dynasty, including that of the faithful
Duke W6n of Chou, with the young Emperor Ch'_r.g,
son of his great brothor Wu, seated on his knee. " Here
you see how Chou became so great," said Confucius to
his followers. " As we use a glass to examine the forms
of things, so must we study antiquity in order to understand
the present." H_ pressed his enquiries in regard to
music with the Court musician Ch'ang Huang, who is said