CHAPTER XXX.
1. The minister of crime of Ch'an asked
whether the duke Chao knew propriety, and Confucius said, 'He knew
propriety.'
2. Confucius having retired, the minister
bowed to Wu-ma Ch'i to come forward, and said, 'I have heard that the superior
man is not a partizan. May the superior man be a partizan also? The prince
married a daughter of the house of WU, of the same surname with himself, and
called her,--'The elder Tsze of Wu.' If the prince knew propriety, who does not
know it?'
3. Wu-ma Ch'i reported these remarks, and the
Master said, 'I am fortunate! If I have any errors, people are sure to know
them.'
Published
by The Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities, © Copyright 2003
by Anne Kinney and the University of Virginia