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XVII. If, IIL THE ANALECTS.
they become widely different. Couv. Les hommes sont
tous semblabtes par leur nature (par leur constitution physi-
que et leurs facult6s naturelles); ils different par les
habitudes qu'ils contractent.
CHAPTER III --ONLY THE WISEST AND DUL-
LEST NEVER CHANGE.--Or, Only the uppermost
wise and the lowermost stupid do not change. _ To
move, change. C. ,lt[3 ;_ _k -_2 ]]TJ_-'-, A _ _ N
7t_ _-_ This is a continuation of the last chapter. Along
with the natmal similarity of human temperament there is a
definite admixture of good and evil, which no traMng can
remove. _[_ 2_ says of the good who can never be shaken
there are t_xo classes, _t_. *l_t_}lI] _'_ _- -k_. _ _ III] ;_
"1¢ _ ;_ _ _f:; those who are by nature altogether
good, and those with the unchangeableness of the very
stupid ; of the latter class there are two kinds, the I_i
I_l _ _. (themselves their own enemies) of Mencius
(IV.I. X_; the _t _ 7_ _ Z 1__).;_ {_, the t_l _i_
:_ I_ _' _ _..1,_ ;lI_; those who harm themselves by
thrusting goodness aside and not believing in it; and those
who throw themselves away by putting it from them as
beyond their capacity. But he continues that the -I¢ ,r_t
need not be ignorant men, o11 the contrary they may be
men of great ability, but by cutting themselves off from
goodness they reveal their real obtuseness. L. There are
only the wise of the highest class, and the stupid etc. who
cannot be changed. Z. non mutantur. K. men of the
highest understanding, grossest dulness, who do not change.
Couv. I1 n'y a que deux classes d'hommes qui ne
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