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XV. xxIv, xxv. THE ANALECT_
_- _ i_J _ J_ _J_ _ 5_ 1_ Why-I neither con-
sure nor praise beyond measure is, that these are the people
whose goodness (the founders of) the three dynasties prais-
ed as good, and whose ill as ill, without partiality ; i_
_" *Jfi :;_ _ _ _ _ _: _[_ _ _ so I, too, may not
in these days warp the facts of their good and evil. L.
This people supplied the ground why the three dynasties
pursued the path of straightforwardness. Z. Iste populus
est sane, tres fundatores quicum juxta aequum jus egerunt.
K. nothh_g to prevent one from dealing honestly with
(people of present day) as the men of the good old times
dealt with the people of their day. Couv. Notre peupte
est encore celui que les empereurs etc. ont trait8 avecla
plus grande justice.
CHAPTER XXV.--THE GOOD OLD TIMES._
_ etc. I can still go back to, or remember. The
blank was left during suspension of judgment Chu-tz_
remarks that Confucius says this, because he himself must
have done both these things, and although they were small
matters their absence shewed It_ ._ _ 2J_ :_ _ _1] _¢
how greatly times had changed, i_ ]_ says iF6 __ _
_/'( 0--]"_. J_ the meaning of the text is doubtful and
should not be forced. L, says : "The appointment of
the historiographer is referred to Hwang-te the inventor of
the cycle. The statutes of Chow mention no fewer than
five classes of such officers. They were attached also to
the feudal courts, and what Confucius says is that in his
early days a historiographer on any point about whi6h he
was not sure, would leave a blank, so careful were they to
record only truth. L. Even in my early days, a him
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