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54 z THE ANALECrS : INTRODUCTION, S
his education. Three of these are r_sponsible, Ts_ng
for the Great Learning _ _, Tzfi Ssfi for the Doctrine
of the Mean _ J_, and Mencius for the contents of
the Classic bearing his name, which three treatises along
with the Aualects form the " Four Books."
In the year following the death of Li_mthough there
is a conflict of evidence as to the date,*--the favourite
disciple of Confucius Yen Hui _ _6], is said to have deid,
and his death, if we may judge from the records, was a •
more grievous loss to the Sage than that of his own son,
for upon Yen Hui his mantle was to have fallen. Many
are the references he made to him, and poignant was the
sorrow he evinced at his death. VI. 5, 9, IX. I9, 2o. XI.
7-IO.
Two years later he was called upon to suffer the loss of
another disciple, Tz_ Lu, who reminds us somewhat of
Peter the impetuous, as Yen Hui does of John the beloved.
But a few years younger than his Master he was permitted
to take liberties with him, as alse to have the privilege
of receiving many a rebuff. Confucius had early predicted
that Tz_ Lu would die a violent death, XI. i2, and
such was verified in 48o when this courageous man
chose death rather than forsake in peril his Chief, K'ung
K'uei ;_L _ the Minister of Duke Ch'u _ of '_Vei.
In the previous year, 48 I, an unknown animal with only
one horn was caught by "hunters in the west," who in
¢+Legge in his note to XI. 7. _ays : Hvcuy a_ording to the 'Family
Sayings ' and the c Historlcal Records ' must have died ,several years before
Confucius ' Son Le. Either the dates _in them are false, or this eh : iq
spurious.