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respect, and his learning will therefore lack stability. 2. His chief principles should be conscientiousness and sincerity. 3. Let him have no friends unequal to himself. 4. And when in the wrong let him not hesitate to amend."

CHAPTER IX.

The philosopher Tseng said ; " Solicitude on the decease of parents, and the pursuit of them for long after, would cause an abundant restoration of the people's morals." CHAPTER X.

Tzu Ch'in enquired of Tzu Kung saying : " When the Master