“The evil life of Confucius”

Part of Confucius wanted the restoration, but part of him also wanted official employment. When he was twenty-six or twenty-seven, he at last got the opportunity and served as an overseer of government fields, his duties being to manage the cattle and sheep. Later he also became the overseer of the grain stores in which he checked the granary volumes. Confucius carelessly bragged how everything was going so well for himself. He thought that from now on he would be moving up, having laid his foundations.