There is the love of boldness without the
love of learning; - the beclouding here leads to insubordination.
There is the love of firmness without the love of learning; - the
beclouding here leads to extravagant conduct.'
CHAP. IX. 1. The Master said, 'My children, why do you not
study the Book of Poetry?
2. 'The Odes serve to stimulate the mind.
3. 'They may be used for purposes of self-contemplation.
4. 'They teach the art of sociability.
5. 'They show how to regulate feelings of resentment.
6. 'From them you learn the more immediate duty of serving
one's father, and the remoter one of serving one's prince.
7. 'From them we become largely acquainted with the names
of birds, beasts, and plants.'
CHAP. X. The Master said to Po-yu, 'Do you give yourself to
the Chau-nan and the Shao-nan. The man who has not studied the
Chau-nan and the Shao-nan, is like one who stands with his face
right against a wall. Is he not so?'
CHAP. XI. The Master said, '"It is according to the rules of
propriety," they say. - "It is according to the rules of propriety,"
they say. Are gems and silk all that is meant by propriety? "It is
music," they say.
