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10. Kiang-lü Mien and Ki Khêh ;-on the counsel which the former had given to the ruler of Lû.
11. 3ze-kung and the old gardener ;-argument of the latter in favour of the primitive simplicity, and remarks thereon by Confucius.
12. Kun Mâng and Yüan Fung;-on the government of the sage; of the virtuous and kindly man; and of the spirit-like man.
13. Măn Wû-kwei and Khih-kang Man-khî;-that there had been confusion and disorder before the time of Shun; and the character of the age of Perfect Virtue.
APP. VI.
BOOK XIII.
Par. 6. Yao and Shun;-on the former's method of government.
7. Confucius, wishing to deposit some writings in the royal Library, is repulsed by Lâo-zze. Argument between them on Benevolence and Righteousness in relation to the nature of man.
8. Shih-khăng Khî and Lâo-zze; the strange conferences between them, and the charges brought by the one against the other.
10. Duke Hwan and the wheelwright Phien ;-that the knack of an art cannot be conveyed to another, and the spirit of thought cannot be fully expressed in writing.
BOOK XIV.
Par. 2. Tang, a minister of Shang, and Kwang-zze on the nature of Benevolence.
3. Pei-măn Khăng and Hwang-Tî;-a description of Hwang-Ti's music, the Hsien-khih.
4. Yen Yüan and Kin, the music-master of Lû, on the course of Confucius ;-the opinion of the latter that it had been unsuccessful and was verging to entire failure.
5. Confucius and Lâo-zze. The former has not yet got the Tâo, and Lâo-zze explains the reason.
6. Confucius and Lâo-zze. Confucius talks of Benevolence
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