![]() When Yen Yuan died, Yen Lu begged the carriage of the Master to sell and get an outer shell for his son's coffin. Now there is no one who loves to learn, as he did." Unfortunately his appointed time was short, and he died. Confucius replied to him, "There was Yen Hui he loved to learn. Confucius gave him the daughter of his elder brother to wife.Ĭhi K'ang asked which of the disciples loved to learn. ![]() Nan Yung was frequently repeating the lines about a white scepter stone. The Master said, "Filial indeed is Min Tsze-ch'ien! Other people say nothing of him different from the report of his parents and brothers." There is nothing that I say in which he does not delight." The Master said, "Hui gives me no assistance. ![]() The Master said, "Of those who were with me in Ch'an and Ts'ai, there are none to be found to enter my door."ĭistinguished for their virtuous principles and practice, there were Yen Yuan, Min Tsze-ch'ien, Zan Po-niu, and Chung-kung for their ability in speech, Tsai Wo and Tsze-kung for their administrative talents, Zan Yu and Chi Lu for their literary acquirements, Tsze-yu and Tsze-hsia. "If I have occasion to use those things, I follow the men of former times." ![]() The Master said, "The men of former times in the matters of ceremonies and music were rustics, it is said, while the men of these latter times, in ceremonies and music, are accomplished gentlemen. ![]()
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