Analect

 1 1 |        his conduct. If for three years he does not alter from the
 2 4 |      said, "If the son for three years does not alter from the
 3 4 |            The Master said, "The years of parents may by no means
 4 7 |        The Master said, "If some years were added to my life, I
 5 8 |        who has learned for three years without coming to be good."
 6 11|       government of it, in three years' time I could make the people
 7 11|       government of it;-in three years' time, I could make plenty
 8 13| something considerable. In three years, the government would be
 9 13|         succession for a hundred years, they would be able to transform
10 13|       man teach the people seven years, and they may then likewise
11 14|          mourning, was for three years without speaking?" The Master
12 14|         prime minister for three years." The Master said, "When
13 17|     months are passing away; the years do not wait for us." Confucius
14 17|         Wo asked about the three years' mourning for parents, saying
15 17|          he, "abstains for three years from the observances of
16 17|         quite lost. If for three years he abstains from music,
17 17|        not till a child is three years old that it is allowed to
18 17|       its parents. And the three years' mourning is universally
19 17|           Did Yu enjoy the three years' love of his parents?" The