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XI. xi_ xIi. THE ANALECTS.<br />

1II] ___,_I_ _ _- f_t, but he who does not with sincere<br />

reverence fulfil his duty to men cannot do his duty to the<br />

• i _11 _ ]_ _l_., and he who does not begin at the<br />

beginning and learn the rationale of life, cannot turn to the<br />

end and learn the rationale of death. ._ I_i It)__ _ ;_j<br />

darkness and light, beginning and end, are not originally<br />

two different laws, nevertheless there are steps in the<br />

process of learning, and they may not be leapt over.<br />

_q:_ ...... _¢_ h_-_/ ---. - _--_<br />

4!_. Death and life, man & daimon, are one and yet two,<br />

two and yet one. _ --_, _ --_ _'_ _, _ _ _1_ _.11<br />

11_ ]_ _ J_ _ _ _ _ Someone has said that<br />

though Confucius did not inform Tzfi Lu, who did not<br />

understand, yet he gave him a profound answer. L. While<br />

you are not able to serve men, how can you serve their<br />

spirits ? While you do not know life, how can you know<br />

about death ? Z. nondum vales servire hominibus, qui ......<br />

spiritibus? ...... nondum scis vivere, qui scies mori? K.<br />

We cannot as yet do our duties to living men, why should<br />

we enquire about our duties to dead men _...... know about<br />

life....... enquire about death? Couv. snr la mani_re<br />

d'honorer les esprits. Celui qui ne salt pas remptirses devoirs<br />

envers les hommes, comment saura-t-il honorer les esprits ?<br />

Celui qui ne salt pas ce que c'est que la vie ...... ta mort ?<br />

CHAPTER XII._HIS PROPHESY RE TZU LU'S<br />

DEATH.--I. 1_ quiet, reserved, self-contained, see I3.<br />

_[_ _' says _] _ _1I _ _ _ _I_ I1_1, A blend of<br />

resolve and calmness with the resolve invisibte_iron hand<br />

522

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