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failed to see he is to be pitied not blamed, but to saythat
his " Viltue matches that of Heaven and Earth " is adula-
tion to which only the purblind could give utterance. For
his literary gifts to his nation, prosaic though they are, we
may be grateful. For a life well lived we may hold him
in high honour. For the impress of man's duty to man
on the mind of his race we gladly praise him, and that he
has not taken from them ,nan's inherent belief in .things
eternal may give us " a lively hope " for the future of the
black hah'ed race.
Confucius was buried at his birth place in modern
Shantung, in ¥en-chou fu, _ ,)_{ ]if, Ch'u-fou hsien
_, where his tomb remains to this day. His disciples
bemoaned his loss, wearing mourning and many of them
living in huts by his grave side for three years, Tzfi Kung
even guarding it for the long period of six years. Duke Ai,
grieved by his death, exclaimed, "Heaven has not left to me
the aged man. There is none now to assist me on the throne.
Woe is me! Alas! O venerable Ni ["--sentiments
hardly consistent, as Tzfi Kung complained, with the Duke's
neglect of him during life. Ai however builta temple to his
memory and ordered sacrifices four times a year.
From that day to this, save for the period of the great
opponent of the Confucian School, Ch'in SiHh I-tuang,
Confucius has been honoured and wolshipped. The
Founder of the Han dynasty, B. C. I95, offered an ox at
his tomb, and.in modern thnes the g,'eat Emperor K'ang
tlsi of the present dynasty knelt thrice and bowed his
forehead nine times in the dust at his shrine. At first the
worship was confi_ed to Lu, but in A D. 57 it was extended