". . . In serving Confucius, I am like a thirsty man, who goes with his pitcher to the river and there drinks his fill, without knowing the river's

He was now sixty-nine years of age, and if a man is to be considered successful only when he succeeds in realizing the dream of his life, he must be

This chief, who called himself the duke Chuh, being conscious how much his cause would be strengthened by the support of Confucius, sent Tsze-loo to

But whatever may have been the opinion of Tsze-loo, Confucius was quite ready to be on friendly terms with the duke, who seems to have had no keener

Every word and action of Confucius were full of such meaning to his admiring followers that they have enabled us to trace him into the retirement of

"If any one among the princes would employ me," said he, "I would effect something considerable in the course of twelve months, and in three years the

His life in politics and his adventures is not the image we have of Confucius.Continuing Confucius,our selection from Confucianism and Taouism by

But even Confucius found it impossible to carry all his theories into practice, and his experience as Minister of Crime taught him that something more

Courage was recognized by Confucius as being one of the great virtues, and about this period we have related two instances in which he showed that he