"'Tis true," replied the wind, "that I bluster as you say; but any one who can point at me or kick at me, excels me.
As I cannot do as much to them.
On the other hand, I can break huge trees and destroy large buildings. That is my strong point. Out of all the small things in which I do not excel I make one great one in which I do excel. And to excel in great things is given only to the Sages."
Everything has its own natural qualifications. What is difficult to one is easy to another.
No illustration is given of the "eye" and "mind." "'Tis the half-length portrait," says Lin Hsi Chung, "of a beautiful girl;"—which is ingenious if not sound.
When Confucius visited K'uang, the men of Sung surrounded him closely.
This is a mistake. "K'uang" was in the Wei State, and it was by the men of Wei that Confucius was surrounded.
Yet he went on playing and singing to his guitar without ceasing.
"How is it, Sir," enquired Tzŭ Lu, "that you are so cheerful?"