Book I: Hsio R · IV

III

The Master said, “Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue.”

IV

The philosopher Tsǎng said, “I daily examine myself on three points:—whether, in transacting business for others, I may have been not faithful;—whether, in intercourse with friends, I may have been not sincere;—whether I may have not mastered and practised the instructions of my teacher.”