5.23 The Master said, “Boyi (Bo Yi) and Shuqi (Shu Qi) never bore old ills in mind and had but the faintest feelings of rancour.”
5.22 When the Master was in Chen he said,”Let us go back, let us go back! The little ones at home are headstrong and careless. They are perfecting themselves in all the showy insignia of culture without any idea how to use them.”
5.21 The Master said, “Ning Wu so long as the Way prevailed in his country showed wisdom; but when the Way no longer prevailed, he showed his folly. To such wisdom as his we may all attain; but not to such folly!”
5.20 Ji Wen used to think thrice before acting. The Master hearing of it said, “Twice is quite enough.”
5.16 Of Zichan the Master said that in him were to be found four of the virtues that belong to the Way of the true gentleman.
5.15 Zigong asked saying, “Why was Kong Wen called Wen(‘The Cultured’)?”