Book 10
10.1
When Confucius was at home in his neighborhood, he was warm and courteous, and seemed as if he found it difficult to speak. In the ancestral temples or at court, he was articulate, his speech merely showing signs of caution.
10.2
At court, in conversation with the lower ranks of grandees, he was familiar; in conversation with the upper ranks of grandees, he was respectful. When the ruler was present, he walked with quick step, yet evenly.
10.3
When the ruler ordered him to greet a guest to court, he changed expression, as if flushing. His step became hurried. When he stood beside the guests, he bowed to them, putting first his left or right hand, as appropriate. His robes remained even in front and back. When stepping with them towards the throne, he walked with quickened step, his arms bent wing-like. When the guests had departed, he always returned to report, saying, "The guests have ceased to look back."
10.4
When he entered the duke's gate, he would draw his body in, as though the gateway would not accommodate his height. He never stood in the middle of a gateway; he never trod on the threshold. When he walked past his lord's position, his expression would be serious and he would step rapidly. He would speak as if it were difficult for him.
When he lifted the hem of his robe to ascend the hall steps, he would draw his body in and suppress his breath, as though he were not breathing. On departing, once he had stepped back down one level, he relaxed his expression as if in relief. Descending the last step, he would walk briskly forward, with his bent arms winglike, and resume his position with respectful bearing.
10.5
When he carried a jade tally of official business, he would draw his body in, as though he could not hold it up. When he held it high, it was as though bowing; when he held it low, it was as though about to confer it. His expression was serious, as though fearful, and he stepped as though he were following a line.
When participating in a ceremony of li, his expression was relaxed; when in a private meeting, he was genial.
10.6
The junzi does not hem his upper robes with crimson or maroon. He does not employ red or purple for leisure clothes. In hot weather, he always wears a singlet of fine or coarse hemp as an outer garment.
With a black robe he wears a lambskin jacket; with a plain robe he wears a fawnskin jacket; with a yellow robe he wears a foxskin
jacket.His leisure jacket is long, but the right sleeve is cut short.
He always wears sleepwear that is half again as long as his height.
Thick skins, such as fox and badger, are used at home.
Upon putting aside mourning clothes, he places no restrictions on the ornaments he may hang from his sash.
Apart from robes for sacrificial ceremony, the layers of his robes are cut to different lengths.
He does not wear a lambskin jacket or black cap when making a condolence call.
On the first day of the new year, he always goes to court dressed in full court
robes.When undergoing purification, he always wears a robe of plain material. In fasting, he always alters his diet and alters from his usual seat when at home.
10.7
He did not demand that his rice be finely polished nor that his meat be finely diced. If rice had turned sour, he did not eat it. If fish or meat had spoiled, he did not eat it. He did not eat food of bad color or of bad odor. He did not eat food that was undercooked.
He did not eat except at the proper times. If food had not been correctly cut, he did not eat it. If the sauce was not proper to it, he did not eat it.
Though there might be much meat, he did not allow the amount of meat to exceed the amount of rice.
He had no set limit for wine, he simply never reached a state of confusion. He did not drink wine or eat meat purchased from the market.
He did not allow ginger to be dispensed with in his rice, but he did not eat a great deal of it.
When he participated in a sacrifice at the duke's temples, he did not allow the meat brought back to remain overnight. Common sacrificial meat he did not leave out three days. Once it had been left out three days, he did not eat it.
10.8
He did not speak while eating, nor when lying down to sleep.
10.9
Though his meal was only greens and vegetable congee, he inevitably offered some in sacrifice, and always in ritual reverence.
10.10
He did not sit upon a mat that was not in proper position. When villagers gathered to drink wine, he left as soon as those bearing walking staffs departed.