darting its rays through the night of misery and oppression and civil strife which in his lifetime he had striven so earnestly to remove. And so it came about that his belief in the political value of personal goodness was in some sort justified after all; for the great and inspiriting pattern which he sought in vain among the princes of his time was to be afforded in the end by no other than himself--the "throneless king," who is for ever enshrined in the hearts of his countrymen. It is absurd, then, to speak of his life as a failure. Measured by results--the almost incalculably great and far-reaching consequences which followed tardily but irresistibly after he was gone--his life was one of the most successful ever lived by man. Three others, and only three, are comparable to it in world-wide influence: Gautama's self-sacrificing sojourn among men, the stormy career of the Arab Prophet, and the "sinless years" which found their close on Golgotha. [1] See p. 121. [2] See p. 118. [3] See note on p. 60. LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL DISCIPLES The proper names occurring in the Analects present some difficulty to the European reader, as one and the same person is often referred to in several different ways--by his surname and personal name, by his "style," or by a combination of the two, while among intimates the personal name only is employed. Mr. Ku has on this account eliminated almost all proper names from his translation, using a periphrasis instead. But by this method one misses much of the characterisation which is such an attractive feature of the Analects. I have judged it better to give the names of the principal disciples exactly as they appear in the Chinese, and to provide a table of their various appellations for easy reference. An asterisk denotes the name most frequently used. Surname and Style. Mixed Appellation. Personal Name. Yen Hui Tzŭ Yüan Yen Yüan.* Min Sun } Tzŭ Ch‘ien Min Tzŭ-ch‘ien,* (Min Tzŭ)} Jan Kêng Po Niu* Jan Po-niu. Jan Yung Chung Kung* Jan Ch‘iu Tzŭ Yu Jan Yu.* Chung Yu Tzŭ Lu*} Chi Lu } Tsai Yü Tzŭ Wo Tsai Wo.* Tuan-mu Tz‘ŭ Tzŭ Kung* Yen Yen Tzŭ Yŭ* Yen Yu. Pu Shang Tzŭ Hsia* Chuan-sun Shih Tzŭ Chang* Tsêng Shên } Tzŭ Yŭ (Tsêng Tzŭ*)} Fan Hsü Tzŭ Ch‘ih Fan Ch‘ih.* Ssŭ-ma Kêng Tzŭ Niu Ssŭ-ma Niu.* Kung-hsi Ch‘ih Tzŭ Hua Kung-hsi Hua.* Yu Jo } Tzŭ Jo (Yu Tzŭ*)} GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS The Master said: In ruling a country of a thousand chariots there should be scrupulous attention to business, honesty, economy, charity, and employment of the people at the proper season.