Confucian Analects

lly grow up. Filial piety and fraternal submission!-- are they not the root of all benevolent actions?' CHAP. III. The Master said, 'Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue.' CHAP. IV. The philosopher Tsang said, 'I daily examine myself on three points:-- whether, in transacting business for others, I may have been not faithful;-- whether, in intercourse with friends, I may have been not sincere;-- whether I may have not mastered and practised the instructions of my teacher.' ¡i²Ä¤­³¹¡j¤l¤ê¡B¹D¤d­¼¤§°ê¡B·q¨Æ¦Ó«H¡B¸`¥Î¦Ó·R¤H¡B¨Ï¥Á¥H®É¡C ¡i²Ä¤»³¹¡j¤l¤ê¡B§Ì¤l¡B¤J«h§µ¡B¥X«h§Ì¡BÂÔ¦Ó«H¡B¤Z·R²³¡B¦Ó¿Ë¤¯¡B¦æ¦³ ¾l¤O¡B«h¥H¾Ç¤å¡C ¡i²Ä¤C³¹¡j¤l®L¤ê¡B½å½å©ö¦â¡B¨Æ¤÷¥À¡B¯àºÜ¨ä¤O¡B¨Æ§g¡B¯à­P¨ä¨­¡B CHAP. V. The Master said, To rule a country of a thousand chariots, there must be reverent attention to business, and sincerity; economy in expenditure, and love for men; and the employment of the people at the proper seasons.' CHAP. VI. The Master said, 'A youth, when at home