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XI, vl, vii. THE ANALECTS.
he was a man of real culture. But unfortunately he died
in the prime of life....... no one like him. Couv. lequel
de ses disciples s'appliquait de tout son coeur _t l'ttude de
la sagesse ....... Malheureusement il a peu vecu .......
personne ne l'tgale.
CHAPTER VII.---A POOR THING, BUT MINE
OWN. The authenticity of this clause seems doubtful.
Both _ _ and _t_ iii_ indicate that Hui died before Li.
As Dr. Legge points out, "Either the dates in them are
false, or this chapter is spurious." I. _[_ _ was Yen
Hui's father and one of his earliest disciples. See Intro.
V. The _. was a coffin cover or catafalque, made like
a coffin without a bottom and of decorated wood. })3[
;_ _._ to make him a shell. Confucius being an old alan
seldom went to Court, and therefore would have little use
for his state carriage. C. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
.__,_ Desired to sell the carriage to buy a shell. I,.
begged the carriage, etc. to sell and get an outer shell for
his son's coffin. Z. postulavit ...... currum, ut faceret
inde conditorium. K. begged that Confucius would sell,
etc. to buy an outer case, etc. Couv. afin (de la vendre,
et) d'en employer le prix _ acheter, etc.
2. Confucius' intense grief, see Caps 8 and 9, probably
in excess of that over his own son, may have encouraged
the father to this action. 5_" is often interpreted here by
_1_, Of high character or not, yet each of us speaks
of his son. .U Confucius' son, Intro. V. Confucius,
though not in office, still had his rank, and the ¢_ ;J_ 5/_
;_ :_:_ is deemed a _ _ modest form of expression.
C. quotes that Confucius once meetifN the funeral of an