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Excerpt from K'ung Fu Tze: A Dramatic Poem
The scene that is placed near the end of Act II did not happen in LO after the meeting with Lao Tze in 518 B. C., but much later in Confucius's life, in 495, in Chang, south of the state of Wei. I will also mention that Confucius was called to office in 497, much later than might be assumed by the context of this drama; at least, the lapse of nineteen years between Acts III and IV is not emphasized. Likewise the incident of the crazy man referred to in the second scene of Act IV also happened about ten years earlier.
The picture here given is genuine in all essential points, and the contrast between Confucius and his rival, the philos opher Lao Tan (alias Lao Tze), is true to life. We see the man K'ung as he was, and Confucianists will have no reason to find fault with the characterization of their master.
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