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_2 THE ANALECTS: INTRODUCTION.
That many of the sayings were well known in the days
of Mencius is evidenced by his book, but he never
refers to the Lun Yii as an existing work. Also that
many sayings of Confucius were known, but not included
in the Lun Yii, may also be seen from the Doctrine of the
Mean and from Mencius, from which one may at least
surmise that the latter books were not in the hands of our
editors when the Lun Yii was compiled. Cf Mencius II
Pt I. ii. t8 with Analects XI. 2 ; and I9 with Analects VII.
2 and 33 ; M. II. I. vii. 2 with A. IV. I ; M. II. II. XIII.
r with A. XIV. 37 ; M. III. I. ii. 2 with A. II. 5 ; and iv. xI
with A. Vlll. 18, x9 ; M. III. II. vd. 3 with A. xvii. i ; ,
M. IV. I, xiv. x with A. XI. I6; and XV. z, with A. II.
Io; M. IV. II. xxix. 2 with A. VI. 9; M. V. lI. vii. 9
with A. X. I3 ; M. VII. II. xxxvii. I. 2. 8 with A. V. 2t,
XIII. 2I and XVII. 13. Cf also the Great Learning,
Commentary, cap. IV with A. XII. 13, and X. x5 with
A. IV. 3- Also the lVlean, cap. iii with A. VI. 27; and
cap. xxviii. 5 with A. III. 24.
In conclusion, then, we may say that the Lun ¥/i contains
many valuable sayings of Confucius, as also of his
disciples, that they were probably left on record by some
of his immediate disciples, and edited in their present form
by disciples of Ts_ng Tzfi and ¥u Tzfi near the middle of
the fifth century B. C., that it contains the most authentic
account of the Sage's character that is in existence,
and that it throws invaluable fight on his own life and
teaching, on the clfaracter of his disciples, and on the
generation in which he lived, which he also faithfully
sought to renovate,