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BOOK XXXVIII. ZU HSING
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THE CONDUCT OF THE SCHOLAR '.
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1. Duke Âi of La asked Confucius, saying, 'Is not the dress, Master, which you wear that of the scholar??' Confucius replied, “When I was little, I lived in La, and wore the garment with large sleeves; when I was grown up, I lived in Sung, and was then capped with the kang-f& caps I have heard that the studies of the scholar are extensive, but his dress is that of the state from which he sprang. I do not know any dress of the scholar.'
2. The duke said, "Allow me to ask what is the conduct of the scholar. Confucius replied, 'If I were to enumerate the points in it summarily, I could not touch upon them all; if I were to go into details on each, it would take a long time. You would have changed all your attendants-in-waiting before I had concluded. The duke ordered a mat
See the introductory notice, vol. xxvii, pp. 51, 52.
Callery renders ZQ here by 'le Philosophe.' Evidently there was in Confucius' time a class of men, thus denominated, distinguished by their learning and conduct. The name first occurs in the Kâu Li. It is now used for the literati of China, the followers of Confucius, in distinction from Taoists and Buddhists.
• See vol. xxvii, page 438, paragraph 3. Confucius' ancestors belonged to the state of Sung, the representative of the ancient Yin.
. It was the custom for a ruler to change his attendants-inwaiting, so as not to overtire any.
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