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?”
6.13 The Master said to Zixia,”You must practice the style of a noble scholar, not that of a petty scholar.”
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!”
6.9 The Ji Family wanted to make Min Ziqian governor of Mi.
6.8 Ji Kang asked whether Zilu was the right sort of person to put into office.
6.7 The Master said, “Hui is capable of occupying his whole mind for three months on end with no thought but that of benevolence. The others can do so, some for a day, some even for a month; but that is all.”
6.5 When Yuan Si was made a governor, he was given an allowance of nine hundred measures of grain, but declined it. The Master said, “Surely you could find people who would be glad of it among your neighbours or in your village?”
6.4 When Gongxi Hua was sent on a mission to Qi State, Master Ran asked that Hua’s mother might be granted an allowance of grain.