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 In literary accomplishments I am perhaps equal to other men; but I have not yet succeeded in exhibiting the conduct of the princely man in my own person.

To divine wisdom and perfect virtue I can lay no claim. All that can be said of me is that never falter in the course which I pursue and unwearying in my instruction of others—this and nothing more.—Kung-hsi Hua said: But those are just the qualities that we, your disciples, are unable to acquire.

The Master being grievously sick, Tzǔ Lu proposed the offering up of a prayer.—Is there a precedent for this? asked the Master.—Tzǔ Lu replied: There is. In the Eulogies it is written: "We pray unto you, O spirits of Heaven and Earth."—The Master said: My prayers began long ago.

The Master was passing through a by-street when a man of the district shouted: Great is Confucius the philosopher! Yet for all his wide