Note 1 — THE BOY OF PERFECT DISPOSITION1
Reading edition
The Chinese idea of perfection of character is based on the three hundred and fifty laws of Confucius, the first law requiring honor and perfect obedience to parents—even in thought. The second law requires one to think of one’s own wrongdoing every day. So when Tsen-Tsze tried so hard to do right that each day he asked his parents and teacher, “Have I done anything wrong to-day?” he fulfilled the two highest laws of Confucius in spirit and in letter. ↑