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XVI. x, xI. THE ANALECTS.
sincere ; earnest, etc. Couv. £ bien voir ce qu'il regarde ;
bien entendre ce qu'il 6coute ; un air affable ; une tenue
irr6prochable ; sincere ; diligent ; d'interroger ; aux suites
facheuses de la col_re ; la justice.
CHAPTER XI.--MEN OF HIGH PURPOSE.--I.
_-_ To test scalding water by putting in the hand, ie.
to shrinkfrom. c, .__,_n _ _ _i _ t_ _ 2,
_. _r] _ ;;_ _ _ ],_ _ f__. Truly to recognise
good and evil, and sincerely love or hate it, was possible
only to disciples like Yen, Ts_ng, Min and Jan. "_ ]_ -/_
p, .IIL_ The two sayings were probably ancient ones
quoted by Confucius. L. Contemplating good, and
pursuing it_ as if they could not reach it ; contemplating
evil, and shrinking from it, as they would from thrusting
the hand into boiling water:--I have seen etc. Z.
aspicientes bonum quasi nequeant assequi ;...... ego audivi
hujusmodi proverbium. K. Men who, when they see
what is good and honest, try to act up to it....... avoid it
as if avoidin_ scalding water etc. Couv. A la rue d'un
real/t 6viter, se retirer comme si l'on avait mis la main
dans l'eau bouillante ; c'est un principe que ...... j'ai appris
des anciens.
2. Or, Secluding themselves to excogitate their ideas,
(then) in the practice of right living exhibiting and expanding
their Way. C. _ It_ _ _ :_ _ ]_, _ ]l_,
_, _j _ _, ._ _ _ _ _ _, ln those days only
one like Yen-tzfi approached to this, but he only succeeded
in its private not in its public manifestation, for unfortunately
he died young. L. Living in retirement to study their
aim_ etc. Z. At tatitantes dofni ad rimandas suas
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