【第二章】【一節】哀公問弟子孰為好學。【二節】孔子對曰、有顏回者好 學、不遷怒、不貳過、不幸短命死矣、今也則亡、未聞好學者也。 【第三章】【一節】子華使於齊、冉子為其母請粟。子曰、與之釜。請益。 曰、與之庾。冉子與之粟五秉。【二節】子曰、赤之適齊也、乘肥馬、衣輕 裘、吾 CHAP. II. The Duke Ai asked which of the disciples loved to learn. Confucius replied to him, 'There was Yen Hui; HE loved to learn. He did not transfer his anger; he did not repeat a fault. Unfortunately, his appointed time was short and he died; and now there is not such another. I have not yet heard of any one who loves to learn as he did.' CHAP. III. 1. Tsze-hwa being employed on a mission to Ch'i, the disciple Zan requested grain for his mother. The Master said, 'Give her a fu.' Yen requested more. 'Give her an yu,' said the Master. Yen gave her five ping. 2. The Master said, 'When Ch'ih was proceeding to Ch'i, he had fat horses to his carriage, and wore light furs. I have heard that 聞之也、君子周急、不繼富。【三節】原思為之宰、與之粟九百、辭。【四 節】子曰、毋、以與爾鄰里鄉黨乎。 【第四章】子謂仲弓曰、犁牛之子騂且角、雖欲勿用、山川其舍諸。 【第五章】子曰、回也、其心三月不違仁、其餘、則日月至焉而已矣。 a superior man helps the distressed, but does not add to the wealth of the rich.' 3. Yuan Sze being made governor of his town by the Master, he gave him nine hundred measures of grain, but Sze declined them. 4. The Master said, 'Do not decline them. May you not give them away in the neighborhoods, hamlets, towns, and villages?' CHAP. IV. The Master, speaking of Chung-kung, said, 'If the calf of a brindled cow be red and horned, although men may not wish to use it, would the spirits of the mountains and rivers put it aside?' CHAP. V. The Master said, 'Such was Hui that for three months there would be nothing in his mind contrary to perfect virtue. The others may attain to this on some days or in some months, but nothing more.' 【第六章】季康子問仲由、可使從政也與。子曰、由也果、於從政乎何有。 曰、賜也、可使從政也與。曰、賜也達、於從政乎何有。曰、求也、可使從 政也與。曰、求也藝、於從政乎何有。 【第七章】季氏使閔子騫為費宰、閔子騫曰、善為我辭焉、如有復我者、則 吾必在汶上矣。 CHAP. VI. Chi K'ang asked about Chung-yu, whether he was fit to be employed as an officer of government. The Master said, 'Yu is a man of decision; what difficulty would he find in being an officer of government?' K'ang asked, 'Is Ts'ze fit to be employed as an officer of government?' and was answered, 'Ts'ze is a man of intelligence; what difficulty would he find in being an officer of government?' And to the same question about Ch'iu the Master gave the same reply, saying, 'Ch'iu is a man of various ability.' CHAP. VII. The chief of the Chi family sent to ask Min Tsze-ch'ien to be governor of Pi. Min Tsze-ch'ien said, 'Decline the offer for me politely. If any one come again to me with a second invitation, I shall be obliged to go and live on the banks of the Wan.'