May we not suppose that XII, 9 of
the Analects teaches the folly of ta-
xation?

May we not suppose that the last
phrase of this paragraph (XII, 9) de-
nounces the futility of great stores
without orderly distribution?

May we not suppose that the an-
swers in XIV, 10 of the Analects have
been treasured as examples to prove
that Kung employed the right word
neither in excess nor less than his
meaning.

Humanity? is to love men.

Knowledge, to know men. It is writ-
ten: Fan-tchai did not understand what
Kung meant by these answers.

It is difficult to be poor and feel no
resentment. It is by comparison easy
to be rich and not be puffed up.

Said Kung the Master: I have pas-
sed whole days without food, entire
nights without sleep for the sake of
my meditations and in this there was
no real use. It would have been better
to have studied something in parti-
cular.

XVI.I. I have heard ever that posses-
sors of kingdoms and the chiefs of
great families do not complain of
small population, nor of exiguity of
territory, nor even of the poverty of their
peoples, but of the discord between
people and ruler. For if each has his
part that is due him, there is no pauper,
there is harmony, there is equality,
there is no want among the inhabi-
tants. If there is peace and tranqui-
lity there is no cause of ruin and
revolution.

In the first book of the Lun Yu it
is written the lord of a feudal kingdom
ishd/ not demand work of his people
save at convenient and/or suitable
time.

Duty in the home, deference among
all men. Affection among all men and
attachment in particular to persons
of virtu. (or virtue)

Seek friends among equals.