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cemdtery, frankly telling the great Chi that he did so to
hide his, Chi's disloyalty. About the same time also he
showed his courage and sagacity by saving his Duke
from capture at the hands of the Duke of Ch'i _, A
meeting had been arranged between the two princes, at
a place known as Chia Ku _ _, for the purpose of
entering into an alliance, but the adviser of the Duke
of Ch'i suggested the possibility of abducting Duke_Ting,
and but for the alertness of Confucius this would have
been canied into effect. In the end not only was the
alliance entered into, but Confucius recovered territory
which Ch'i had unjustifiably annexed.
When Chief Justice he was in the habit of consulting
those present at a trial as to their opinion of the case, and
deciding according to the best opinion offered, a sugges-
tion, as Dr. Legge points out, of our jury system. Once
when a father brought his refractory son for a punishment
involving the death penalty, he put both in prison and
subsequently released both. On being remonstrated with
by his prince he replied, "When superiors fail in their
duty, and yet propose to have their inferiors put to death,
this is not right. This father has not taught his son to be
filial+"'
About the same time his disciples Tzfi Lu :f_ _ and
TzI_ Yu Y-_ _ entered the service of the Chief of the
Chi _ clan, and assisted Confucius in bringing about
the dis.mantling of the cities of Pi ]_ and Hou gI_,, the
former the stronghold of the Chi, the latter of the Shu
cIan, but he failed to reduce Ch'_ng li_, the stronghold
of the M&ng clan. The dismantling of the_ strongholds