Analect

 1 3 |                 the dead, as if they were present. He sacrificed to the spirits,
 2 3 |                    as if the spirits were present. The Master said, "I consider
 3 3 |                   I consider my not being present at the sacrifice, as if
 4 6 |                difficult to escape in the present age." The Master said, "
 5 9 |                  will not be equal to our present? If he reach the age of
 6 10|             precisely. When the ruler was present, his manner displayed respectful
 7 10|                   K'ang having sent him a present of physic, he bowed and
 8 10|                  When a friend sent him a present, though it might be a carriage
 9 10|                  he did not bow. The only present for which he bowed was that
10 13|                what sort are those of the present day, who engage in government?"
11 14|                 for a complete man of the present day to have all these things?
12 14|                whole kingdom. Down to the present day, the people enjoy the
13 16|              fault?" Zan Yu said, "But at present, Chwan-yu is strong and
14 16|                   the people, down to the present time, praise them. "Is not
15 17|                   him. On this, he sent a present of a pig to Confucius, who,
16 17|                the high-mindedness of the present day shows itself in wild
17 17|                  the stern dignity of the present day shows itself in quarrelsome
18 17| straightforwardness; the stupidity of the present day shows itself in sheer
19 18|               people of Ch'i sent to Lu a present of female musicians, which