e enemy." This was a directive which Nelson had demonstrated through his conduct many times.
In the Analects, Confucius speaks not only of the positive aspects of leadership through example, but of its converse, failed leadership through bad example. Thus, in XII: 18 (p. 115),
The prevalence of thieves was a source of trouble
to Chi K'ang Tzu who asked the advice of Confucius.
Confucius answered, 'If you yourself were not a man
of desires, no one would steal even if stealing
D. C. Lau, the translator of this edition of the Analects, interprets Confucius' reply as meaning that Chi K'ang Tzu was himself stealing from the people, and therefore setting a negative example for those ruled by him (p. 115n6). In setting a bad example, Chi K'ang Tzu was in effect teaching his people to steal, and
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