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X. xII, xIII. THE ANALECTS.
CHAPTER XII._HOW MUCH MORE IS A MAN
THAN SWINE,--OR HORSE.S!--Cf. Matt. VIII.
28-32. The _ may have been the ducal stable which is
said to have had accommodation for 216 horses. C. _
_ _, Not because he had no sympathy for l_orses,
but human beings were more important. J_ J_ ]_ _j
_[l _[[_o It is right that man should be valued above
horses. L. When he was at Court, on his return he said,
Has any man been hurt? etc. Z. idem. K. as he was
returning from etc. he heard ...... on fire etc. Couv. _ son
retour du palais, dit, Persorme n'a-t-il 6t6 atteint par le feu ?
etc.
CHAPTER XIII.--HIS ATTITUDE TO HIS
PRINCE.--It was and is file custom to share sacrificial flesh
with Others, the partakers thereby sharing the food of the
"gods." C. &z_ _j_,, ]_:_l_j_]Z_, ]E._
:J_ _, _] _ _ 4_, I,est it had already been offered
he did not present it (to his ancestors), but straightened his'
mat etc. as if he were facing the Prince. _" fft_ _, ]II]
_ ]_ _ _ _ i.e. first tasted it and then shared it
out to other_. J]_, _ [_ Uncooked. ._ ]f_ "_ ._
_1 _, _ _ _ 4![,o Cooked and offered it to his ancestors,
to honour the Prince's present. -_-2;_ ;_, ]_
;_ _,, _ ]_ 9]_ _l_ _ 4]go Showed kindness to
the Prince's favour, not ,dating to kill it without cause.
L. When the Prince sent him ...... cooked meat ....... first
taste it and then give it au, ay to others ...... undressed
meat ....... offer it to the s2z_its oflhis ancestors. When etc.
Z ....... priusque illud degustabat :...... litare majores :......
alebat iUud. K. taste it before he allowed others to taste'
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