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XVII. xii,xm. THE ANALECTS.
Jl_ l_i_, Dig through a pal_ition wall. _, _ _, Climb
overa wall. -_ _ J_ _' _ _ _J '_ _: Jk _ 4]_,
It means that he has imposed a baseless character on people,
and is in constant dread of being found out. L. He who
puts on an appearance of stern firmness, while inwardly he
is weak etc. small, mean people ;--yea, is he not like etc, ?
Z. habitu severi, intus autem flaccidi etc. K. austere in
his look, but a weakling and a coward at heart ....... sneak-
ing thief or a cowardy pickpocket. Couv. Ceux qui en
apparence sont rigides observateurs des preceptes de la
sagesse, et au fond n'ont aucune _nergie, ne ressemblent-ils
pas h ces hommes de la lie du peuple qui (la nuit) passent
_itravers ou par-dessus les murs pour voler etc.
CHAPTER XIII.--LET WELL ALONE.--C.
:_ _ _f. ;:_ ,-_,, Has the meaning of common, vulgar.
is _,_, Honest. _[_ _f_, _ Jk ;_ _ ;_ __,,, The
honest man amongst his villagers. The meaning is brought
out by Mencius VII. ii. 37. Wan Chang asked : " Their
whole village calls them honest men, and wherever they
go they are honest men, why did Confucius call them
despoilers of (or robbers of) virtue?" Mencius replied,
"If you want to prove them in the wrong, you can raise
nothing against them. If you would blame, there is nothing
to blame. They follow current customs, and throw in their
lot with an unclean generation, assuming to he conscien0ous
in heart and pure in action so that others are pleased
with them, moreover, they think themselves right, hence
you cannot take them with you in the ways of Yao and
Shun." Their motto _s;--_[E _ "[_ _.,-, _ _ "[_ 4lg, _i_
_J_ -ffJ"_x "Being born in this age, live as this age does,
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