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... The Chinese Classics - Page 192by James Legge - 1867Full view - About this book
| James Legge - China - 1861 - 536 pages
...Chung-kung asked about perfect virtue. The Master said, " ft w, when you go abroad, to behave to eveiy one as if you were receiving a great guest; to employ the people as if you were assisting at u great sacrifice ; not to do to others as you would not wish done to yourself; to have no murmuring... | |
| James Legge - China - 1861 - 630 pages
...Chung-kung asked about perfect virtue. The Master said, " It is, when you go abroad, to behave to even/ one as if you were receiving a great guest ; to employ the people as if yon were assisting at a great sacrifice ; not to do to others as you would not wish done to yourself;... | |
| Augustus Ward Loomis - China - 1867 - 444 pages
...Chung-Kung asked about perfect virtue. The Master said, " // if, when you go abroad, to behave to every one as if you were receiving a great guest ; to employ...sacrifice ; not to do to others as you would not wish clone to yourself; to have no murmuring against you in the country, and none in the family." Chung-Kung... | |
| Society of Friends - 1868 - 416 pages
...when you go abroad to behave as if you were receiving a guest; to employ people as if assisting at a sacrifice ; not to do to others, as you would not wish done to yourself; to have no murmur against you in the government or in the family.'" BOOK XI1.I. CH. 13. "If he cannot rectify... | |
| James Legge - Chinese literature - 1869 - 358 pages
...ceremonies. Choo He defines it " the specific divisions and graces of heavenly principle or reason." This is continually being departed from, on the impulse...against you in the country, and none in the family." Chung-kung said, " Though I am deficient in intelligence and vigour, I will make it my business to... | |
| James Legge - Chinese literature - 1870 - 398 pages
...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...against you in the country, and none in the family." Chung-kung said, " Though I am deficient in intelligence and vigour, I will make it my business to... | |
| Christianity - 1871 - 402 pages
...Kung asked about perfect i virtue. The master said, It is when yon go abroad to behave to every one as if you were receiving a great guest; to employ...murmuring against you in the country and none in the tamily. — The superior man seeks to perfect the good qualities of others, and does not seek to perfect... | |
| James Legge - China - 1861 - 540 pages
...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...against you in the country, and none in the family." Chung-kung said, "Though I am deficient in intelligence and vigour, I will make it my business to practise... | |
| Lucius Edwin Smith, Henry Griggs Weston - Baptists - 1872 - 524 pages
...others." Again, when asked about perfect virtue, Confucius replied, that it was, among other tilings, "not to do to others as you would not wish done to yourself; to have no murmurings against you in the country, and none in the family." It will be noticed that this is entirely... | |
| Giles Badger Stebbins - Religious literature - 1872 - 416 pages
...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 asssisting at a great sacrifice; not to do to others as you would not wish done to yourself; to have... | |
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