what are there which he considers of secondary importance, and allows himself to be idle about? But as in the case of plants, which are assorted according to their classes, so he deals with his disciples. How can the way of a superior man be such as to make fools of any of them? Is it not the sage alone, who can unite in one the beginning and the consummation of learning?" Tsze-hsia said, "The officer, having discharged all his duties, should devote his leisure to learning. The student, having completed his learning, should apply himself to be an officer." Tsze-hsia said, "Mourning, having been carried to the utmost degree of grief, should stop with that." Tsze-hsia said, "My friend Chang can do things which are hard to be done, but yet he is not perfectly virtuous." The philosopher Tsang said, "How imposing is the manner of Chang! It is difficult along with him to practice virtue." The philosopher Tsang said, "I heard this from our Master: 'Men may not have shown what is in them to the full extent, and yet they will be found to do so, on the occasion of mourning for their parents.
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