Confucius, the Great Teacher: A StudyK. Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1890 - 314 pages |
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... according to a scale based on the amount of cultivated land required for the support of one person . This amount varied accord- ing to the nature of the soil and the skill of the cultivator , so that the number of persons it was ...
... according to a scale based on the amount of cultivated land required for the support of one person . This amount varied accord- ing to the nature of the soil and the skill of the cultivator , so that the number of persons it was ...
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... According to some biographers , though there are others more modest in their claims , the family of Kung was one of the most illustrious in the empire . They trace for it an uninterrupted descent through nearly eighteen centuries , from ...
... According to some biographers , though there are others more modest in their claims , the family of Kung was one of the most illustrious in the empire . They trace for it an uninterrupted descent through nearly eighteen centuries , from ...
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... According to him , the Babylonians obtained their first knowledge of the arts and sciences from a certain nondescript being , having the head and feet of a man attached to the body of a fish , who issued daily from the waters of the Red ...
... According to him , the Babylonians obtained their first knowledge of the arts and sciences from a certain nondescript being , having the head and feet of a man attached to the body of a fish , who issued daily from the waters of the Red ...
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... According to some , the position of his mother , as a young widow , not per- mitting her to have a tutor for him at home , he was sent , at the age of seven , to a school at a place called Gan - ping - chung ; but , as this was situated ...
... According to some , the position of his mother , as a young widow , not per- mitting her to have a tutor for him at home , he was sent , at the age of seven , to a school at a place called Gan - ping - chung ; but , as this was situated ...
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... According to the testimony of those who accept Ping - chung as Confucius's first teacher , the young scholar made great progress under that master's skil- ful guidance , and soon gained a high place in his favour . He endeared himself ...
... According to the testimony of those who accept Ping - chung as Confucius's first teacher , the young scholar made great progress under that master's skil- ful guidance , and soon gained a high place in his favour . He endeared himself ...
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