Confucius and the Chinese Classics: Or, Readings in Chi Nese LiteratureAugustus Ward Loomis |
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... emperors , how much more would he discredit these mythological histories . Most of the Chinese imagine that the world owes its existence to the retroactive agency of the dual powers yang and yin , which first formed the outline of the ...
... emperors , how much more would he discredit these mythological histories . Most of the Chinese imagine that the world owes its existence to the retroactive agency of the dual powers yang and yin , which first formed the outline of the ...
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... Emperor , are also ascribed many valuable inventions . The first was the patron of agriculture , and discoverer of the medicinal properties of herbs ; the sec- ond invented the cycle now in use ; the calendar was formed in his reign ...
... Emperor , are also ascribed many valuable inventions . The first was the patron of agriculture , and discoverer of the medicinal properties of herbs ; the sec- ond invented the cycle now in use ; the calendar was formed in his reign ...
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... emperor , " we suffer much from the inundation ; the waters cover the hills on every side ; they overtop the mountains , and seem to be rising even to the skies . If any one can be found who is able to remedy this evil , I wish he may ...
... emperor , " we suffer much from the inundation ; the waters cover the hills on every side ; they overtop the mountains , and seem to be rising even to the skies . If any one can be found who is able to remedy this evil , I wish he may ...
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... emperors , and preserved in Si - ngan fu in Shensì . This inscription relates to the inundation , and is thus given ... emperor said , Oh ! aid and coun- selor ! Who will help me in administering my affairs ? The great and little islets ...
... emperors , and preserved in Si - ngan fu in Shensì . This inscription relates to the inundation , and is thus given ... emperor said , Oh ! aid and coun- selor ! Who will help me in administering my affairs ? The great and little islets ...
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... emperor's ministers had represented to him , that the scholars of his day gave their time to the study of antiquity , and to eulogizing the rulers and the customs of former times , instead of devoting their talents , as be- came them ...
... emperor's ministers had represented to him , that the scholars of his day gave their time to the study of antiquity , and to eulogizing the rulers and the customs of former times , instead of devoting their talents , as be- came them ...
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Page 71 - At fifteen, I had my mind bent on learning. "At thirty, I stood firm. "At forty, I had no doubts. "At fifty, I knew the decrees of Heaven. "At sixty, my ear was an obedient organ for the reception of truth. "At seventy, I could follow what my heart desired, without transgressing what was right.
Page 98 - is there one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life ?" The Master said, " Is not RECIPROCITY such a word ? What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.
Page 111 - Those who are born with the possession of knowledge are the highest class of men. Those who learn, and so, readily, get possession of knowledge, are the next. Those who are dull and stupid, and yet compass the learning are another class next to these. As to those who are dull and stupid and yet do not learn ; — they are the lowest of the people.
Page 83 - Lu asked about serving the spirits of the dead. The Master said, 'While you are not able to serve men, how can you serve their spirits?' Chi Lu added, 'I venture to ask about death?
Page 132 - Things being investigated, knowledge became complete. Their knowledge being complete, their thoughts were sincere. Their thoughts being sincere, their hearts were then rectified. Their hearts being rectified, their persons were cultivated. Their persons being cultivated, their families were regulated. Their families being regulated, their States were rightly governed. Their States being rightly governed, the whole kingdom was made tranquil and happy.
Page 106 - There are three principles of conduct which the man of high rank should consider specially important:— that in his deportment and manner he keep from violence and heedlessness; that in regulating his countenance he keep near to sincerity; and that in his words and tones he keep far from lowness and impropriety. As to such matters as attending to the sacrificial vessels, there are the proper officers for them.
Page 142 - 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.
Page 100 - The superior man is easy to serve and difficult to please. If you try to please him in any way which is not accordant with right, he will not be pleased. But in his employment of men, he uses them according to their capacity.
Page 134 - Never has there been a case of the sovereign loving benevolence, and the people not loving righteousness. Never has there been a case where the people have loved righteousness, and the affairs of the sovereign have not been carried to completion. And never has there been a case where the wealth in such a State, collected in the treasuries and arsenals, did not continue in the sovereign's possession.
Page 233 - The people are the most important element in a nation ; the spirits of the land and grain are the next ; the sovereign is the lightest.