304.	眾	稱	異	${\displaystyle \scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}}$	all men pronounced him a prodigy.
	Chung4	c'hêng1	i4 Crowd
	entitle	strange

Chung is composed of three 人 jen men, three persons constituting a crowd according to Chinese law, with 目 mu eye on its side as radical.

Ch'êng see line 186.

I is composed of 畀 pi to give, combined with 廾 kung the hands folded. It originally meant to divide, and is now classed under radical 田 t'ien fields.

305.	爾	小	生	${\displaystyle \scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}}$	You little boys
	Erh3	hsiao3	shêng1
	You	small	born

Erh see line 297.

Hsiao see line 113.

Shêng see line 297.

306.	宜	立	志	${\displaystyle \scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}}$	should make up your minds to work.
	I2	li4	chih4
	Ought	establish	intention

I see line 22.

Li is composed of 大 ta great and 一 i a line representing the ground, q.d. a great man taking up his stand. It originally meant to stand, and so to make to stand, to raise.

Chih was originally composed of 心 hsin heart as radical, with 之 chih to reach as phonetic, and was explained as that which the heart (= mind) reaches, will, purpose, determination, etc. The words "to work," necessary to make the translation intelligible, are sufficiently implied by chih.