CHAPTER 26

Tsze-yew said, "In serving a prince, frequent remonstrances lead to disgrace. Between friends, frequent reproofs make the friendship distant. "

24. RULE OF THE KEUN-TSZE ABOUT HIS WORDS AND ACTIONS.

25. THE VIRTUOUS ARE NOT LEFT ALONE; —AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO VIRTUE. Cô, 'fatherless'; here=solitary, friendless. Đức không cô = đức không cô lập lý lẽ, 'it is not the nature of virtue to be left to stand alone'. Lân cận, see ch. I; here, generally, for friends, associates of like mind.

26. A LESSON TO COUNSELLORS AND FRIENDS. Đếm, up. 4th tone, read sho?, 'frequently', understood here in ref. to remonstrating or reproving.