slation of tzu is a ainly t ambition. e confess to  ation and delig of an Englisering to be one of t perfect of t specimens of tional literature. Since its appearance turies before tian era, terature of Co ts effect upon t of tical and imaginative literature of succeeding dynasties is almost as exclusive as t of t Mr.Balfours  a translation at all; it is simply a mistranslation. t to pass upon a  , and it ed of us to make good our judgment. e believe Mr. Balfour o raise tion of true interpretation of tzu. quot;But,quot;_e from t editor of t;in reading a book, it is necessary to understand first true tences, t of t of all, can you get at tral proposition of ter.quot; Noranslation bears marks t  understood t  construed tences correctly, and t  of tions rue, as ts regarding rules of grammar and syntax, it t Mr. Balfour ral proposition of wers.

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