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carriage, and present it to the bet eared family as his
contribution towards the funeral expenses. Replying to
Tzfi Kung's remonstrance he said: "When I went in,
my presence brought a burst of grief from the chief
mourner, and I dislike the thought of my tears not being
followed by anything." A very nmnly sentiment! I i
Chi II. Pt I. 2. I6.
On arriving at his destination his host was a certain
Chti Po Y/i, whom Confucius came to hold in high
esteem. XIV. 26; XV. 6. While in Wei, Nan-tzu, the
beautiful and wanton wife of the Duke, had an interview
with him, to the scandalisation of his disciple Tzft Lu.
VI. 26. The Sage was also on one occasion humiliated
by having to drive out in a carriage behind that of the
Duke and his notorious wife. " Lust in front, virtue
behind," derisively remarked the people. Confucius was
ashamed of his position, and the remark in IX. I7 is
attributed to this occasion.
He soon after left Wei for the State of Sung _ passing
through the minor State of Ts'ao _ on the way. Resting
en route under a large tree, where he took the opportunity
of giving his disciples a lesson in deportment, he was
violently attacked, at the instigation of an officer named
Huan T'ui ]tq _, brother of the disciple Ssfi-ma Niu, by
a band of men who had orders to pull down the tree and
km him, VII. 22. It seems evident that something like a
panic resulted and that all his company fled, standing not
on the order of their going, for he was found later all
alone at the east gate or pass of the State of Ch6ng "_1_by
Tzfi Kung, who was directed to him by a native "ofthe