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cannot treat him etc. He also said, I am old; I cannot
use his doctrines. Z. juxta Ki inter et Mong medium
tractato illum. )kt etc. non potero ejus opera uti. K.
wished to employ Confucius. I cannot make him a Mini-
ster of State, but I will make him a privy Councillor.
Couv. Je ne puis plus le traiter avec autant d'honneur que
etc. je ne pourrais mettre en p_tique ses enseignements.
CHAPTER IV.mCOURTESANS EXPEL CONFU-
CIUS.INC. M is taken as _ XVII. I. _ _ Z_., ;_
5_* _ _J_O Chi Huan was the real power in Lu.
According to the _[_ _i_-, in the i4th year of _ 7_ the
Sage was Minister of Crime _ ___ in Lu and also prime
minister. Such order and progress did he produce that
the rulers of Ch'i (_ ]_ ) became afraid of I.u growing
powerful, and sent a counter-attraction to Duke "ring,
which Chi Huan received for him, of 80 beautiful singinggirls,
and many fine horses. Confucius being totally
eclipsed and his plato for reform neglected, retired both
from office and from the State.
CHAPTER V._THE ECCENTRIC OF CH'U.m
I. Date circa 488, _. is the State of that natlle. _]_
' the cart meeter' is said to be the adopted name of. [_ _
a native of Ch'u. A more reasonable comment might be
that here it means he met the cart and that the nickname
was given to him in consequence. He was a hermit who
feigned craziness to escape the world, _ _ _ _., Confucius
was on his way to Ch'u, and Chieh Y/i _ .J_ i_
]_I passed in front of his carriage. M, ;_ _ _] _,_
The Phoenix only appeared in periods of high moral promise_
Chieh "xriilikens Confucius to_ the phoenix, and
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