Confucius, the Great Teacher: A StudyKegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1890 - 314 pages |
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... noble of high rank - Dissatisfaction of the courtiers - Criminal laws , and their administration - Adds greatly to the prosperity of the state - Jealousy of the Prince of Tse - His treachery- Unworthy conduct of the Prince of Loo ...
... noble of high rank - Dissatisfaction of the courtiers - Criminal laws , and their administration - Adds greatly to the prosperity of the state - Jealousy of the Prince of Tse - His treachery- Unworthy conduct of the Prince of Loo ...
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... noble of high rank - Dissatisfaction of the courtiers - Criminal laws , and their administration - Adds greatly to the prosperity of the state - Jealousy of the Prince of Tse - His treachery- Unworthy conduct of the Prince of Loo ...
... noble of high rank - Dissatisfaction of the courtiers - Criminal laws , and their administration - Adds greatly to the prosperity of the state - Jealousy of the Prince of Tse - His treachery- Unworthy conduct of the Prince of Loo ...
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... imperial court , came the high dignitaries and officers of state . These were not necessarily princes , or even nobles , though they often stood above them in public estimation , through the administrative powers which belonged to their.
... imperial court , came the high dignitaries and officers of state . These were not necessarily princes , or even nobles , though they often stood above them in public estimation , through the administrative powers which belonged to their.
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... nobles , whose titles - which it has been the custom to translate by their English equivalents , of duke , marquis , earl , viscount , and baron - were either given them with the land , or bestowed subsequently as a mark of imperial ...
... nobles , whose titles - which it has been the custom to translate by their English equivalents , of duke , marquis , earl , viscount , and baron - were either given them with the land , or bestowed subsequently as a mark of imperial ...
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... nobles and high officials were very elaborate . The various grades were distinguished by emblematical designs , em ... noble on creation received a sceptre , made of jade or some other precious stone , the shape and size of which denoted ...
... nobles and high officials were very elaborate . The various grades were distinguished by emblematical designs , em ... noble on creation received a sceptre , made of jade or some other precious stone , the shape and size of which denoted ...
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able action amongst ancient become belonging birth brought Buddhism in China cause centuries ceremonial chapter character chariot China Chinese Chinese literature Confucian Confucius Confucius's court death disciples Divine doctrines duties dynasty emperor Emperor Shun empire endeavouring established favour filial piety Five Classics fucius give Harvard College Heaven honour idea imperial imperial historiographer JEFFERSON COOLIDGE king knowledge Laou-tsze Laou-tsze's laws lived man's marriage matter meaning Mencius ment mind minister mode moral mourning nature nobles obtained original period philosopher present Prince of Loo Prince of Tse principles punishment Pythagoras regarded regulate reign religious rendered respect reverence rites robes sacred sacrificial sage sage's seek Shoo-King sought sovereigns speak spirit Stanislas Julien Strauss Taou teacher teaching thought tions translation VERDICT OF POSTERITY virtue virtuous Wan-wang whilst Woo-wang words Yaou yèw
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Page 50 - To whom thus Adam fervently replied : O woman, best are all things as the will Of God ordain'd them ; his creating hand Nothing imperfect or deficient left Of all that he created, much less man, Or aught that might his happy state secure, Secure from outward force. Within himself The danger lies, yet lies within his power : Against his will he can receive no harm. But God left free the will, for what obeys Reason is free, and reason he made right...
Page 261 - Yet he, who reigns within himself, and rules Passions, desires, and fears, is more a king ; Which every wise and virtuous man attains...
Page 288 - So oft as I with state of present time The image of the antique world compare, When as mans age was in his freshest prime, And the first blossome of faire vertue bare ; Such oddes I finde twixt those, and these which are, As that, through long continuance of his course, Me seemes...
Page iii - I had unconsciously acted on in all my translations of other classics, namely, that the written characters of the Chinese are not representations of words, but symbols of ideas, and that the combination of them in composition is not a representation of what the writer would say, but of what he thinks. It is vain therefore for a translator to attempt a literal version.
Page 306 - He is the son of a blind man. His father was obstinately unprincipled; his (step-)mother was insincere; his (half-) brother Hsiang was arrogant. He has been able (however), by his filial piety to live in harmony with them, and to lead them gradually to self-government, so that they (no longer) proceed to great wickedness.
Page 246 - ... toward those above them, arrogant to those below them, and either harsh or over-indulgent to those in poverty and distress, that it is so difficult to find any one capable of exercising a sound judgment with respect to the qualities of others. He who is incapable of regulating his own family, cannot be capable of ruling a nation. The superior man will find within the limits of his own home, a sufficient sphere, for the exercise of all those principles upon which good government depends.
Page 49 - HE highest study of all is that which teaches us to develop those principles of purity and perfect virtue which Heaven bestowed upon us at our birth, in order that we may acquire the power of influencing for good those amongst whom we are placed, by our precepts and example; a study without an end — for our labors cease only when we have become perfect — an unattainable goal, but one that we must not the less set before us from the very first. It is true that we shall not be able to...
Page 266 - ... the upright, intelligent and wise; avoid the licentious, talkative and vain. Disputation often breeds hatred. Nourish good principles with the same care that a mother would bestow on her new-born babe. You may not be able to bring them to maturity, but you will nevertheless be not far from doing so. The decrees of Heaven are not immutable, for though a throne may be gained by virtue, it may be lost by vice.
Page 265 - When a man has been helped round one corner of a square, and cannot manage by himself to get round the other three, he is unworthy of further assistance.
Page 288 - I find twixt those, and these which are, As that, through long continuance of his course-, Me seems the world is run quite out of square From the first point of his appointed source ; And being once amiss grows daily worse and worse : n.