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" Sir, in carrying on your government, why should you use killing at all ? Let your evinced desires be for what is good, and the people will be good. The relation between superiors and inferiors is like that between the wind and the grass. The grass must... "
The Life and Teaching of Confucius: With Explanatory Notes - Page 197
by James Legge - 1887 - 338 pages
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The Chinese Classics: With a Translation, Critical and Exegetical ..., Volume 1

James Legge - China - 1861 - 630 pages
...like that between the wind and the grass. The grass must bend, when the wind blows across it." CHAPTER XX. 1. Tsze-chang asked, "What must the officer be,...it you call being distinguished ? " 3. Tsze-chang implied, " It is to be heard of through the state, to be heard of through the family." 4. The Master...
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The Chinese Classics, Volume 1

James Legge - China - 1893 - 528 pages
...your evinced desires be for what is good, and the people will be good. The relation between superiors and inferiors is like that between the wind and the...grass. The grass must bend, when the wind blows across it1." ' Example is not so powerful as Confucius in these and many other passages represented it, but...
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The Chinese Classics

James Legge - China - 1867 - 344 pages
...your evinced desires be for what is good, andthe people will be good. The relation between superiors and inferiors is like that between the wind and the...The grass must bend, when the wind blows across it/ " x Example is not so powerful as Confucius in these and many other passages represented it, but its...
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The Chinese Classics: Life and teachings of Confucius

James Legge - Chinese literature - 1869 - 358 pages
...your evinced desires be for what is good, and the people will be good. The relation between superiors and inferiors is like that between the wind and the...The grass must bend, when the wind blows across it/ " ' Example is not so powerful as Confucius in these and many other passages represented it, but its...
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The Chinese Classics, Volumes 1-2

Ssǔ shu - China - 1870 - 392 pages
...your evinced desires be for what is good, and the people will be good. The relation between superiors and inferiors, is like that between the wind and the...replied, " It is to be heard of through the state, to be heai'd of through the family." 4. The Master said, "That is notoriety, not distinction. to humble himself...
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The Chinese Classics: with a Translation, Critical and Exegetical ..., Volume 1

James Legge - China - 1861 - 540 pages
...upon it.' desires be for what is good, and the people will be good. The relation between superiors and inferiors, is like that between the wind and the...The grass must bend, when the wind blows across it." CHAPTER XX. 1. Tsxe-chang asked, "What must the officer be, who may be said to be distinguished?" 2....
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The Chinese Classics: Life and teachings of Confucius.-v.2. The life and ...

James Legge - China - 1875 - 364 pages
...your evinced desires be for what is good, and the people will be good. The relation between superiors and inferiors is like that between the wind and the...The grass must bend, when the wind blows across it/ " ' Example is not so powerful as Confucius in these and many other passages represented it, but its...
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The Chinese Classics: The life and works of Mencius

James Legge - Chinese literature - 1875 - 424 pages
...the superior loves, his inferiors will be found to love still more. The relation between superiors and inferiors is like that between the wind and the grass. The grass must bend when the wind blows upon it.' The [whole thing] depends on the heir-son." 5. Jen Yew returned with this answer to his commission,...
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The Life and Works of Mencius: With Essays and Notes

James Legge - Philosophy, Chinese - 1875 - 420 pages
...the superior loves, his inferiors will be found to love still more. The relation between superiors and inferiors is like that between the wind and the grass. The grass must bend when the wind blows upon it.' The [whole thing] depends on the heir-son. ;' 5. Jen Yew returned with this answer to his...
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Confucius and the Chinese Classics: Or, Readings in Chinese Literature

Augustus Ward Loomis - China - 1882 - 444 pages
...your evinced desires be for what is good, and the people will be good. The relation between superiors and inferiors is like that between the wind and the...The grass must bend when the wind blows across it." Tsze-chang asked, " What must the officer be, who may be said to be distinguished ?" The Master said,...
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