The Princely Man

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 'Ssu-Ma Niu' asked for a definition of the princely man to Confucius. 

The Master said: "The princely man is one who knows neither grief nor fear."- Absence of grief and fear! Is it the mark of a princely man?

The Master said: "If on a searching his heart he finds no guilt, why should he grieve? of what should he be afraid?"


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