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8 4 THE ANALECTS : INTRODUCTION,
-_-@-_ A nativeofSung _ and brotherof Huan T'ui,
VII. 22,the officerwho senthismen to pulldown the
treeby theroadside, where Confuciuswas givinghisdisciplesa
lesson. XII. 3, 4, 5-
23. TAN-T'AI MIEH-MING, or Tzfi Yii, _ __ ._
_j_, .__ :z_ _, Like Ts&N Tzfi he was a native of Wu
Ch'_ng _ _, He was so ugly that Confucius was not
attracted to biqa, and is recorded as having said afterwards,
_" In judging by appearances I erred in regard to Tzfi
¥ii." Followed by about three hundred disciples he
travelled in what is modern K_iangsu, where his memory
still remains. This seems to have happened duling the
Sage's lifetime. He was 39 or 49 years younger than the
Sage. VI. I 2.
24. TSAI ¥1_', style TZI3 WO, _ --_ _'_ .7_ _ A
native of Lu ; for a time in command of Lin Tzfi II_ _ in
the State of Ch'i. There he took part in a rising which
caused Confucius to be ashamed of him. Confucius re
marked of him " In judging by mere speech I erred in
regard to Tsai Y/i." See last entry. V. 9 ; XVII. 2I.
25. TSI_NG SHI]]N, i. e. TSI_]NG TZU, style Tzfi Y/i.
_" _i.e. _i_ _,_ _ _ or :_ N_AnativeofWu
Ch'_ng _-_ I1_ in Lu. Sent by his father in his 16th year
into the State of Ch'u :_ to Confucius, to whom he was
46 years the junior. He is one of the most famous of the
Master's disciples. According to Tzfi Kung he was of
wide learning, of prepossessing appearance, of dignified
bearing before even the noblest, of solid virtue and impressive
speech. His love for his parents was noted from
childhood. Once when he was on the hills gathering fuel