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In the court, they are dissatisfied in heart; out of it, they keep talking in the streets.
While they make a pretence of vaunting their Master, they consider it fine to have
extraordinary views of their own. And so they lead on the people to be guilty of ...
In the court, they are dissatisfied in heart; out of it, they keep talking in the streets.
While they make a pretence of vaunting their Master, they consider it fine to have
extraordinary views of their own. And so they lead on the people to be guilty of ...
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... and sought to imitate him, would alienate all the people from their infant
dynasty, but his interference offended his father so much that he was sent off from
court, to be with the general who was superintending the building of the great
wall. 8.
... and sought to imitate him, would alienate all the people from their infant
dynasty, but his interference offended his father so much that he was sent off from
court, to be with the general who was superintending the building of the great
wall. 8.
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after the death of Confucius, at the court of Wei, to the prince of which he is
reported to have presented some of the Classical Books. - 2. We cannot therefore
accept the above account of the origin of the Analects, that they were compiled by
the ...
after the death of Confucius, at the court of Wei, to the prince of which he is
reported to have presented some of the Classical Books. - 2. We cannot therefore
accept the above account of the origin of the Analects, that they were compiled by
the ...
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As a public character, we find him at the ducal courts of Wei, Sung, Loo, and Pe,
and at each of them held in highesteem by the rulers. To Wei he was carried
probably by the fact of his mother having married into that State. We are told that
the ...
As a public character, we find him at the ducal courts of Wei, Sung, Loo, and Pe,
and at each of them held in highesteem by the rulers. To Wei he was carried
probably by the fact of his mother having married into that State. We are told that
the ...
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Foreseeing the impending ruin of their family, Koe withdrew from the court ; and
subsequently, he was invested by the Emperor Ch'ing, the second of the house of
His ancestry. Chow, with the principality of Sung, which embraced the eastern.
Foreseeing the impending ruin of their family, Koe withdrew from the court ; and
subsequently, he was invested by the Emperor Ch'ing, the second of the house of
His ancestry. Chow, with the principality of Sung, which embraced the eastern.
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Page 50 - For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
Page 266 - States, they first regulated their families. Wishing to regulate their families, they first cultivated their persons. Wishing to cultivate their persons, they first rectified their hearts. Wishing to rectify their hearts, they first sought to be sincere in their thoughts. Wishing to be sincere in their thoughts, they first extended to the utmost their knowledge. Such extension of knowledge lay in the investigation of things.
Page 53 - Therefore his fame overspreads the Middle kingdom, and extends to all barbarous tribes. Wherever ships and carriages reach ; wherever the strength of man penetrates; wherever the heavens, overshadow and. the earth sustains ; wherever the sun and moon shine ; wherever frosts and dews fall : — all who have blood and breath unfeignedly honour and love him. Hence it is said, —
Page 44 - While there are no stirrings of pleasure, anger, sorrow, or joy, the mind may be said to be in the state of Equilibrium. When those feelings have been stirred, and they act in their due degree, there ensues what may be called the state of Harmony. This Equilibrium is the great root from which grow all the human actings in the world, and this Harmony is the universal path which they all should pursue. Let the states of equilibrium and harmony exist in perfection, and a happy order will prevail throughout...
Page 153 - A transmitter and not a maker, believing in and loving the ancients, I venture to compare myself with our old P'ang.
Page 141 - When one cultivates to the utmost the principles of his nature, and exercises them on the principle of reciprocity, he is not far from the path. What you do not like when done to yourself, do not do to others.
Page 101 - He sacrificed to the dead, as if they were present. He sacrificed to the spirits, as if the spirits were present. 2. The Master said, " I consider my not being present at the sacrifice, as if I did not sacrifice.
Page 125 - Learning without thought is labour lost ; thought without learning is perilous." XVI. The Master said, " The study of strange doctrines is injurious indeed ! " XVII. The Master said, " Yew, shall I teach you what knowledge is ? When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it; — this is knowledge.
Page 32 - Therefore, the superior man must be watchful over himself when he is alone. 2. There is no evil to which the mean man, dwelling retired, will not proceed, but when 'he sees a superior man he instantly tries to disguise himself, concealing his evil, and displaying what is good. The other beholds him, as if he saw his heart and...
Page 192 - Chung-kung asked about perfect virtue. The Master said, 'It is, when you go abroad, to behave to every one as if you were receiving a great guest; to employ the people as if you were assisting at a great sacrifice; not to do to others as you would not wish done to yourself; to have no murmuring against you in the country, and none in the family.
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| Title | Life and Teachings of Confucius |
| Author | JAMES LEGGER D.D. |
| Published | 1867 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 17 Feb 2006 |
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