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XI. XXL THE ANALECTS.
be boldly followed, but when one's seniors are alive, one
may not always take sole and independent action, for if one
does not ask their permission before action, then one
offends against the right ;--Tzfi Lu the self-reliant would
naturally forget the interests of his elders, but Jan Ch'iu
was of the opposite nature, doing nothing on his own responsibility.
L asked whether he should immediately carry
into practice what he heard. There are your father and
erder brothers to be consulted ;--why should you act on
that principle of etc. I, Ch'ih, am perplexed, and venture
to ask you for an explanation. Ch'iu is retiring and slow,
therefore etc. Yu has more than his own share of energy
etc. Z. auditionem, statimque exsequar ? Habes pattern
fratremque superstites ; secundum hoc, .quomodo ipse auditurn
etc. Jan Yeou etc. audita statimne perficiam? ......
T'che dubio teneor, ansim etc. K'ieou quidem haesitabundus,
ideo impuli ilium. Yeou duos valet homines, ideo
retrax/i[lum. K. asked if he might at once carry out into
practise any truth which he had learnt. No, you have the
wishes of your parents and of your old people at home to
consult. How can you take upon yourself to etc. The one
man is too diffident ....... encourage him ; too forward .......
pull him back. Couv. Quand je reqois un enseignement utile
dois-je le mettre en pratique imm_diatement ?...... votre p6re
et des frbres plus /_g6s que vous ....... Conviendraitilde
m_ttre aussit6t _ execution tout etc. Jen Iou ...... mettre en
pratique sans retard tout ce qu'il apprenait de bon .......
Moi, Tch'eu, je suis dans l'incertitude etc. K'iou ...... n'ose
pas avancer, je Fai pouss6 en avant. Iou a autant d'ardeur
et de hardiesse que deux, je l'ai arr6t6 et tit6 en arr/6re.
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