'If They Be Led By Virtue, And Uniformity Sought To Be Given
Them By The Rules Of Propriety, They Will Have The Sense Of Shame,
And Moreover Will Become Good.'
CHAP.
IV.
1. The Master said, 'At fifteen, I had my mind bent
on learning.
2. 'At thirty, I stood firm.
3. 'At forty, I had no doubts.
4. 'At fifty, I knew the decrees of Heaven.
5. 'At sixty, my ear was an obedient organ for the reception of
truth.
6. 'At seventy, I could follow what my heart desired, without
transgressing what was right.'
CHAP. V. 1. Mang I asked what filial piety was. The Master
said, 'It is not being disobedient.'
2. Soon after, as Fan Ch'ih was driving him, the Master told
him, saying, 'Mang-sun asked me what filial piety was, and I
answered him, - "not being disobedient."'
3. Fan Ch'ih said, 'What did you mean?' The Master replied,
'That parents, when alive, be served according to propriety; that,
when dead, they should be buried according to propriety; and that
they should be sacrificed to according to propriety.'
CHAP. VI. Mang Wu asked what filial piety was. The Master
said, 'Parents are anxious lest their children should be sick.'
CHAP. VII. Tsze-yu asked what filial piety was. The Master
said, 'The filial piety of now-a-days means the support of one's
parents. But dogs and horses likewise are able to do something in
the way of support; - without reverence, what is there to
distinguish the one support given from the other?'
CHAP.
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