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The Analects – Chapter 133 (6.15). The unclaimed honor
6.15 The Master said, “Meng Zhifan is no boaster. When his people were routed he was the last to flee; but when they neared the city-gate, he whipped up his horses, saying, ‘It was not courage that kept me behind. My horses were slow.’”
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The Analects – Chapter 132 (6.14). Dantai Mieming’s rejection of shortcuts
6.14When Ziyou was governor of the Wucheng (Wu City), the Master said, “Have you managed to get hold of the right sort of people there?”
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The Analects – Chapter 131 (6.13). The scholar’s moral compass
6.13 The Master said to Zixia,”You must practice the style of a noble scholar, not that of a petty scholar.”
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The Analects – Chapter 130 (6.12). Ran Qiu’s self-drawn line
6.12 Ran Qiu said,”It is not that your Way does not commend itself to me, but that it demands powers I do not possess.”
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The Analects – Chapter 129 (6.11). Confucius’ ode to Yan Hui’s joy beyond material want
6.11 The Master said, “Incomparable indeed was Hui! A handful of rice to eat, a gourdful of water to drink, living in a mean street – others would have found it unendurably depressing, but to Hui’s cheerfulness it made no difference at all. Incomparable indeed was Hui!”
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The Analects – Chapter 128 (6.10). When virtue meets tragedy: Confucius’ lament for Ran Boniu
6.10 When Ran Geng was ill, the Master went to enquire after him, and grasping his hand through the window said, “It is all over with him! Heaven has so ordained it — but that such a man should have such an illness! That such a man should have such an illness!”