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. 孤, 'fatherless'; here=solitary, friendless. 德不孤=德无孤立之理, 'it is not the nature of virtue to be left to stand alone'. 邻, see ch. I; here, generally, for friends, associates of like mind.

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