gotten any men?

He answered, I have Tan-t'ai Mieh-ming. He will not take a short cut
when walking, and he has never come to my house except on business.

13. The Master said, Meng Chih-fan never brags. He was covering the
rear in a rout; but on coming to the gate he whipped his horse and
cried, Not courage kept me behind; my horse won't go!

14. The Master said, Unless we are glib as the reader T'o and fair as
Chao of Sung, escape is hard in the times that be!

15. The Master said, Who can go out except by the door? Why is it no
one keeps to the Way?

16. The Master said, Matter outweighing art begets roughness; art
outweighing matter begets pedantry. Matter and art well blent make a
gentleman.

17. The Master said, Man is born straight. If he grows crooked and
yet lives, he is lucky to escape.

18. The Master said, He that knows is below him that loves, and he
that loves below him that delights therein.

19. The Master said, To men above the common we can talk of higher
things; to men below the common we must not talk of higher things.

20. Fan Ch'ih[60] asked, What is wisdom?

The Master said, To foster right among the people; to honour ghosts
and spirits, and yet keep aloof from them, may be called wisdom.

He asked, What is love?

The Master said, To rank the effort above the prize may be called
love.

21. The Master said, Wisdom delights in water; love delights in hills.
Wisdom is stirring; love is quiet. Wisdom is merry; love grows old.

22. The Master said, By one revolution Ch'i might grow to be Lu; by
one revolution Lu might reach the Way.

23. The Master said, A drinking horn that is no horn! What a horn!
What a drinking horn!

24. Tsai Wo[61] said, If a man of love were told that a man is in a
well, would he go in after him?

[Footnote 60: A disciple.]

[Footnote 61: A disciple.]

The Master said, Why should he? A gentleman might be got to the well,
but not trapped into it, He may be cheated, but not fooled.

25. The Master said, By breadth of reading and the ties of courtesy,
a gentleman is kept, too, from false paths.

26. The Master saw Nan-tzu.[62] Tzu-lu was displeased.

The Master took an oath, saying, If I have done wrong, may Heaven
forsake me, may Heaven forsake me!

27. The Master said, The highest minds cleave to the Centre, the
Common. They have long been rare among the people.

28. Tzu-kung said, To treat the people with bounty and help the many,
how were that?