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 Ch'ên K'ang asked Po Yü, saying: Have you ever received any secret teaching from your father?—He replied: No. But once, when I was passing hurriedly through our hall, I met my father standing alone, and he said: Have you studied the Odes?—I replied, Not yet.—He said: If you do not study the Odes, you will have no conversation.—Thereupon I withdrew and studied the Odes. Another day I met him again standing alone as I hastened through the hall, and he said: Have you studied the Book of Rites? —I replied: Not yet.—He said: If you do not study the Book of Rites, you will hare no stability of character—I withdrew and studied the Book of Rites. These are the two pieces of instruction I have received.—Ch'ên K'ang went away rejoicing and said: I asked about one thing and have learned three—some-