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The Analects – Chapter 64 (3.24). The prophetic vision of Confucius
3.24 The guardian of the frontier-mound at Yi asked to be presented to the Master, saying, “No gentleman arriving at this frontier has ever yet failed to accord me an interview.”
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The Analects – Chapter 63 (3.23). Confucius’ philosophy of music
3.23 When talking to the Grand Master of Lu about music, Confucius said, “Their music in so far as one can find out about it began with a strict unison. Soon the musicians were given more liberty; but the tone remained harmonious, brilliant, consistent, right on till the close.”
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The Analects – Chapter 62 (3.22). Confucius on Guan Zhong: The limits of power without virtue
3.22 The Master said, “Guan Zhong was in reality a man of very narrow capacities.”
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The Analects – Chapter 61 (3.21). Sacred or Secular?
3.21 Duke Ai asked Zai Yu about the Holy Ground. Zai Yu replied, “The Xia sovereigns marked theirs with a pine, the men of Yin used a cypress, the men of Zhou used a chestnut-tree, saying, this will cause the common people to be in fear and trembling.”
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The Analects – Chapter 60 (3.20). Confucian Aesthetics: The balanced emotion of Guan Ju
3.20 Confucius said, “The Ospreys! Pleasure not carried to the point of debauch; grief not carried to the point of self-injury.”
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The Analects – Chapter 59 (3.19). Mutual obligation between ruler and ministers
3.19 Duke Ding asked for a precept concerning a ruler’s use of his ministers and a minister’s service to his ruler.